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Sort out boundary dispute with China, says Farooq Abdullah

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NEW DELHI: Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah on Monday expressed concern over a news report that stated that the area along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China has shrunk over a period of time and India has lost substantial amount of land in the last two decades. He urged the Union government to take up the matter with Beijing at the earliest.

“This seems to be happening for the last 25 years. One cannot be absolved of the responsibility by merely saying that the Line of Actual Control [LAC] has not been demarcated,” he said. “Now this boundary dispute cannot hang in balance for eternity. The earlier the better,” Dr. Abdullah remarked on the sidelines of a conference here to launch the National Solar Mission.

The BJP has asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to clarify the truth about incursions along the LAC. “The government had denied such incursions by China in Arunachal Pradesh and now the same thing is happening in Ladakh. It is most shocking that reports are coming from the Commissioner of Leh about Chinese moving inwards into Indian territory over the last 20 to 25 years. This is very disturbing and the government should come clear on the issue,” BJP spokesman Rajiv Pratap Rudy, said.

“A few questions were posed to the government during the just concluded Winter session about such incursions. However, the government denied it and now official reports about such incursions are coming. What does the Government have to say on this now?”

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