General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Command, Lt Gen Rana Pratap Kalita on Friday took note of the recent border skirmish between Indian troops and Chinese soldiers in the Tawang sector of Arunachal Pradesh and said that the transgression by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) patro
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The Tibetan refugees living in Dharmshala protested against Chinese aggression into Indian territory, demanded Tibet's independence from China, and also urged India to relook into its One-China Policy.
Congress Lok Sabha MP Manish Tewari on Thursday gave an adjournment motion in the Lower House to discuss the "grave situation at the border with China in the Tawang sector in Arunachal Pradesh".
The exercise is taking place at a time when a face-off between Indian and Chinese troops at the Tawang sector in Arunachal Pradesh took place on December 9 along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) preceded by attempts to violate air space on many occasions.
The event is part of the annual Orange Festival of Adventure and Music (OFAM), hosted at the quaint village of Dambuk nestled on the banks of the Dibang river and in the foothills of the mighty Eastern Himalayas surrounding Arunachal Pradesh.
Earlier on Tuesday, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh told Parliament that Chinese troops had attempted to transgress the LAC at Yangtse in the Tawang sector of Arunachal Pradesh.
Political establishment in China has to be "receptive to change" if they really want peace and tranquility in the region, said General Manoj Mukund Naravane, former Indian Army chief.
His remarks came days after the attempts by People's Liberation Army (PLA) troops to transgress the LAC in Yangtse area of Tawang Sector in Arunachal Pradesh with the Indian Army thwarting the attempt to change the status quo.
A total of 17 Opposition parties on Wednesday staged a walkout from the Rajya Sabha accusing the government of not holding a discussion over the December 9 clashes along the LAC between the Indian and Chinese forces at the Tawang sector in Arunachal Pradesh.