BJP workers staged a protest over the construction of a village by China.
Itanagar:
BJP workers in Arunachal Pradesh on Saturday staged a protest against the construction of a village by China in the northeastern state's Upper Subansiri district and burnt the effigy of Chinese President Xi Jinping.
BJP spokesperson Techi Necha said that China repeatedly claims Arunachal Pradesh as its territory and makes such intrusions into the state.
"We strongly condemn such acts of China and want to send a strong message to Beijing that we are Indian and shall remain Indian.
"The area (where the village has reportedly been constructed) was earlier occupied by China in 1959 during the Congress rule and the party had failed to protect it or develop the border areas of the state," Mr Necha told reporters.