Sources in the defence establishment said that the Major General-level talks at Daulat Beg Oldie and Chushul to resolve the ongoing stand-off in Eastern Ladakh have been on since Friday morning with breaks with an objective to address the pending issues.
"Very sad that Rahul Gandhi is making such a comment against a statement from the Army. He has said such controversial things in the past about our jawans getting beaten up by the Chinese. This is in line with Congress's mentality," BJP Rajya Sabha MP Sudhanshu Trivedi said.
Reacting to this, Raut said, "What Rahul Gandhi said is true. BJP and RSS have deputed their people in various constitutional institutions and are trying to change the country's culture and history."
"Rahul Gandhi should know that Retd Army Chief General MM Naravane once said that India did not lose even an inch of its territory during its months-long standoff with China in Eastern Ladakh. I would suggest him to study well before speaking something," Singh said while speaking to ANI.
Taking to 'X', formerly known as Twitter, the Congress leader dedicated a song 'Kisi Ki Muskurahaton Pe Ho Nisar' from Raj Kapoor's Movie Anari to her father.
Army Chief General Manoj Pande on Sunday expressed grief over the death of 9 soldiers, including a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) in a road accident in Leh on Saturday, and offered his condolences to the bereaved families, officials said.
In Ladakh to pay tribute to his father and former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's 79th birth anniversary, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday hit out at the Centre, saying that its claim that not an inch of Indian land was taken by China's People Liberation Army (PLA) troops "is not true
Rahul Gandhi embarked on a bike ride to Pangong Tso in Ladakh on Saturday. A prayer meeting is scheduled to be held at the banks of Pangong Lake to mark the birth anniversary of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi today.