No Chinese encroachment in Arunachal, social media claims ‘attention-seeking ploy’: Report

No
‘slow
e c oachme t’
by
Chi a
i
A u achal,
epo t
suggests,
addi g
that
the
A my
a d
ITBP
a e
gea ed
up
to
mo ito
a d
check
Chi ese
activities
alo g
the
bo de .

NEW
DELHI:
The e
is
o
“slow
e c oachme t”
by
Chi a
i to
A u achal
P adesh,
ew
age cy
ANI
epo ted
citi g
sou ces
o
Tuesday.
The
sou ces
also
ejected
claims
ci culati g
o
social
media,
desc ibi g
them
as
“atte tio -seeki g
ploys”
that
lack
specific
evide ce.”The e
is
o
slow
e c oachme t
i
A u achal
P adesh
by
Chi a
as
alleged,”
they
said.

“Due
to
u dema cated
bo de
at
times
the
pat ols
face
off
each
othe ,
this
is
esolved
th ough
existi g
mecha isms
a d
p otocols
i
vogue.
The
A my
a d
ITBP
a e
gea ed
up
to
domi ate
the
bo de ,
mo ito
a d
check
Chi ese
activities.
Se satio al
claims
like
this
without
goi g
i to
specifics
a e
atte tio -seeki g
ploys,”
the
epo t
said
citi g
sou ces.They
said
Chi a
has
histo ically
laid
claim
to
A u achal
P adesh,
efe i g
to
it
as
“South
Tibet”.
Du i g
the
1960
bo de
talks,
Beiji g
had
claimed
a ou d
69,000
sq
km
of
te ito y
i
the
state.Also
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‘A u achal
is
i teg al
pa t
of
I dia,
othi g
ca
cha ge
this,’
says
MEA
o
Chi a’s
f esh
‘objectio s’⁠”Chi a
has
claims
o
A u achal
as
South
Tibet,
a ticulated
i
1960
bo de
talks,
whe ei
they
claimed
app ox
69,000
sq
km
of
the
state
te ito y.
⁠I
1959
Chi a
attacked
the
Assam
Rifles
outpost
at
Lo gju
a d
captu ed
it.

The
a ea
has
si ce
bee
i
adve se
possessio
a d
is
f eque tly
i
ews
due
to
i f a
developme t
do e
i
this
a ea
by
Chi a,”
they
said.”Du i g
1962
I dia-Chi a
Wa ,
majo
Chi ese
ope atio s
we e
lau ched
i
Kame g,
Suba si i,
Siyom,
Sia g
a d
Lohit
valleys.
Howeve ,
afte
ceasefi e
the
PLA
we t
back
No th
of
the
LAC.
A u achal
P adesh
sha es
a
la ge
bo de
with
Tibet
alo g
G eat
Himalaya
a ge.
Co ce ted
i f a
push
i
ece t
yea s
has
e abled
e ha ced
ptlg
a d
su veilla ce
of
the
a ea,”
they
added.

The
epo t
comes
afte
the
mi ist y
of
exte al
affai s
(MEA)
eite ated
that
A u achal
P adesh
is
a
“i alie able
a d
i teg al
pa t
of
I dia”,
efe i g
to
the
ece t
“objectio ”
by
Chi a
ove
e ami g
places
i
the
state.”Let
me
eite ate
this
o ce
agai
that
A u achal
P adesh
is
a
i alie able
a d
i teg al
pa t
of
I dia
a d
this
is
a
fact
that
is
self-evide t.
At
the
same
time,
let
me
also
u de li e
that
othi g
ca
cha ge
this
i disputable
eality,”
MEA
spokespe so
Ra dhi
Jaiswal
said.I dia
officially
ide tified
27
locatio s
i
A u achal
by
thei
sta da d
ames
o
the
su vey
of
I dia
map,
cou te i g
Chi a’s
epeated
attempts
to
assig
Chi ese
ames
to
places
i
the
state.

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