China has no business to name any Indian place: Naidu

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Apr 20 2017 | 11:48 PM IST
Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today said "every inch" of Arunachal Pradesh belongs to India and China has "no business" to name any Indian place.
"Arunachal Pradesh is totally part and parcel of India. China has no business to name any of the district. I don't know why they have taken this step," Naidu, the Information and Broadcasting Minister, told a press conference here.
Stressing that "every inch of the state belongs to India", the minister said that no foreign country has the right to rename any part of India.
Naidu asked if anybody's name can be changed if his or her neighbour does so.
The minister was responding to a query on the Chinese action of unilaterally changing the names of six places in Arunachal Pradesh.
China had yesterday announced that it has "standardised" official names for six places in the northeastern state and termed the provocative move as a "legitimate action".
The Chinese move came days after Beijing lodged a strong protest with India over the Dalai Lama's visit to the frontier state.

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First Published: Apr 20 2017 | 11:48 PM IST

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