According to reports, the new rail line aims to strengthen China's connectivity with central Tibet and improve its capacity to mobilise troops and resources along the border areas. The development comes at a time when India is also planning its own border rail projects near the LAC.
On Monday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged that "China is sitting inside this country is because 'Make in India' has failed" and said that India has an opportunity with the revolution in energy and mobility.
Foreign affairs expert Robinder Sachdeva stated that China is "increasing its hold in the Aksai Chin region" through this administrative mechanism, which includes creating two new counties in the Hotan prefecture.
He further emphasised that the creation of new counties will not affect India's stance on sovereignty over the area, nor will it legitimize "China's illegal and forcible occupation."
"...Today our nation is observing Veer Bal Divas...but at this moment, another picture comes up which aches our hearts. BJP Karnataka has posted a tweet in which it can be seen that in the event organised by Congress in Belagavi, the Indian Map they have put up, Pakistan occupied Kashmir
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar highlighted the ongoing India-China border dispute during his address at the Lok Sabha and stated that China is currently in illegal occupation of 38,000 km2 of Indian territory in Aksai Chin, resulting from the 1962 conflicts.
DMK spokesperson TKS Elangovan on Thursday said that the controversial India map shared by the party's NRI wing was not drawn by the party but was "prepared" by the government of India.
The Tamil Nadu unit of BJP has slammed the ruling DMK for sharing a map of India on social media that allegedly excludes Pakistan Occupied Kashmir and Aksai Chin.
The Strategic Studies Institute of the US Army War College published an in-depth report examining PLA activity along the mountainous border in Aksai Chin opposite India in 2020-21. It considered how the PLA rapidly moved troops into the region as violence flared between Chinese and Indian tr
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday slammed the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), blaming the party for allegedly being involved in the Katchatheevu island issue from the beginning.
In an exclusive interview with ANI, Aajikia said, "The biggest thing in human rights is your culture, your food, your dress, your language, your heritage, which is being killed in PoK."
The Foreign Ministry of China on Thursday reiterated that the 2023 edition of its so-called “standard map" is a 'routine practice' and concerned nations should view it in an "objective and rational light".