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India Hasn t Conceded Territory in Disengagement Pact with China in Pangong Tso: MoD
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged that the government has ceded Indian territory to China and raised questions over the agreement.
Pangong Lake. Photo: KennyOMG/Wikimedia Commons CC BY SA 4.0
Security12/Feb/2021
New Delhi: The government on Friday stated that India has not “conceded” any territory following the disengagement agreement with China in Pangong lake areas in eastern Ladakh as political sparks flew thick and fast over the pullback process.
Hours after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged that the government has “ceded” Indian territory to China and raised questions over the agreement, the Ministry of Defence(MoD) and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party came out with a response.