Rajnath on India-China border row: We want peaceful solution but ready for all eventualities

China doesn't recognise the traditional and customary alignment of the boundary, says Defence Minister in Parliament

China is trying to change the "status quo" along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and responsible for the military standoff, said Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in Parliament on Tuesday.

"India and China border issue remains unresolved. Till now, there has been no mutually acceptable solution. China disagrees on border," he said in the Lok Sabha.

"China doesn't recognise the traditional and customary alignment of the boundary. We consider that this alignment is based on well established geographical principles," he said. "We have told China through diplomatic channels that the attempts to unilaterally alter the status quo were in violation