‘Army safeguarding territory’: Arunachal CM Pema Khandu rejects Chinese encroachment

A u achal
P adesh
Chief
Mi iste
Pema
Kha du

NEW
DELHI:
A u achal
P adesh
chief
mi iste
Pema
Kha du
o
Satu day
ejected
epo ts
of
Chi ese
milita y
e c oachme t
i
the
state
a d
said
that
the
A my
was
effectively
pat olli g
a d
safegua di g
the
te ito y.Speaki g
to
epo te s,
Kha du
said,
“No
sig s
of
e c oachme t
i
A u achal
P adesh;
I dia
A my
effectively
pat olli g
a d
safegua di g
the
te ito y.”

Kha du’s
ema ks
came
a
day
afte
the
Ce t e
ide tified
27
locatio s
i
A u achal
P adesh
by
thei
sta da d
ames
o
the
official
map
of
the
cou t y,
amid
Chi a’s
epeated
attempts
to
e ame
places
i
the
bo de
state.The
gove me t
said
the
exe cise
was
aimed
at
e su i g
the
co ect
ide tificatio
of
the
locatio s
a d
imp ovi g
public
awa e ess
of
thei
geog aphical
a d
histo ical
sig ifica ce.”Ide tifyi g
them
fo mally
o
the
Su vey
of
I dia
map
of
A u achal
P adesh
is
aimed
at
facilitati g
thei
accu ate
ecog itio
a d
bette
awa e ess
amo g
the
public
at
la ge,”
a
official
stateme t
said.New
Delhi
has
co siste tly
ejected
Beiji g’s
p actice
of
assig i g
Chi ese
ames
to
places
i
A u achal
P adesh,
calli g
the
move
“vai
a d
p eposte ous”.I dia
has
mai tai ed
that
such
actio s
do
ot
alte
the
“u de iable”
fact
that
A u achal
P adesh
“was,
is,
a d
will”
emai
a
i teg al
pa t
of
the
cou t y.

Seve al
of
the
locatio s
ewly
ma ked
o
the
official
map
hold
st ategic
impo ta ce
because
of
thei
p oximity
to
the
Li e
of
Actual
Co t ol
(LAC)
a d
thei
ole
i
past
I dia-Chi a
milita y
co f o tatio s.Amo g
them
is
Lo g
Ju,
o e
of
the
ea liest
flashpoi ts
betwee
the
two
cou t ies.
Chi ese
t oops
e te ed
the
a ea
i
1959,
th ee
yea s
befo e
the
1962
I dia-Chi a
wa .The
official
map
also
i cludes
Maja
village
i
Uppe
Suba si i
dist ict
ea
Lo g
Ju,
Bisa
village
a d
the
st ategically
sig ifica t
mou tai
passes
of
Dzo
La,
Riza
La
a d
Puku
La.A othe
key
locatio
is
Thag
La,
the
high-altitude
pass
whe e
o e
of
the
ope i g
battles
of
the
1962
I dia-Chi a
wa
took
place.Jai ampu
i
Cha gla g
dist ict
has
also
bee
fo mally
ide tified.
The
tow
se ves
as
a
impo ta t
logistics
hub
fo
the
moveme t
of
secu ity
fo ces
towa ds
easte
A u achal
P adesh
a d
the
Mya ma
bo de .

Othe
locatio s
added
to
the
map
i clude
the
high-altitude
lake
Sambho
Sa ova ,
Ba a
Ku du ,
Chhota
Ku du ,
Dha
Ba i,
P it aga ,
Te it aga ,
Ram aga ,
Jaswa t
Ga h,
Saga ,
Padma,
Jyoti aga ,
Baisakhi,
She -e-Thapa
Memo ial,
Chhota
Ropuk,
Ba a
Ropuk,
Shivaji
Naga ,
Su pu a,
Kamla g
Naga
a d
Buddhama di .I dia
has
epeatedly
dismissed
Chi a’s
attempts
to
assig
what
it
calls
“fictitious
ames”
to
places
i
A u achal
P adesh,
sayi g
such
effo ts
seek
to
c eate
“baseless
a atives”
a d
ca ot
alte
the
“u de iable”
eality
o
the
g ou d.
New
Delhi
has
also
wa ed
that
such
actio s
could
u de mi e
effo ts
to
imp ove
bilate al
ties.Chi a
fi st
issued
a
list
of
six
sta da dised
ames
fo
places
i
what
it
calls
Za g a
i
2017.
It
followed
this
with
a
seco d
list
cove i g
15
locatio s
i
2021
a d
a othe
ami g
11
places
i
2023.
Beiji g
uses
the
te m
Za g a
to
efe
to
A u achal
P adesh,
a
claim
I dia
has
co siste tly
ejected.

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