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PM Modi's LAC comments 'endorsed Chinese position', alleges Congress

The prime minister's remarks triggered massive criticism, with the Congress accusing him of surrendering Indian territory to China

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Sibal asked if the PM's statement wasn't an affront to the valour and supreme sacrifice of the soldiers who sought to evict the Chinese from Indian territory in the Galwan Valley.

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Stepping up the offensive against the government on the Ladakh standoff, the Congress on Sunday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had "endorsed the Chinese position" by saying that there was no intrusion into Indian territory.
Congress leader and former Union minister Kapil Sibal said the government should not remain in denial. It should not back down till the Chinese retreat and status quo ante is restored at the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the de-facto border between India and China.
At an all-party meeting on Friday to discuss the situation along the India-China border, Modi had said: "Na wahan koi hamari

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