India Of Today Is Different From The India Of 1962 : Arun Jaitley

June 30, 2017 17:55
India Of Today Is Different From The India Of 1962 : Arun Jaitley

India Of Today Is Different From The India Of 1962 : Arun Jaitley:- A day after China asked New Delhi to learn from its 1962 military debacle, Union Defence Minister Arun Jaitley said on Friday, that “The India of 2017 is different from the India of 1962.”

In response to the reported remark by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) spokesperson, Jaitley at the India Today’s Midnight Conclave, said, “If they are trying to remind us, the situation in 1962 was different, the India of today is different.”

On Thursday, China warned India that if Indian troops did not withdraw from “Chinese territory”, it will escalate the current border row and told New Delhi not to “clamour for war”. The Bhutan government had made it clear that China was trying to claim Bhutanese land and said this was “absolutely wrong”, said Jaitley.

“After the statement of the government of Bhutan, I think the situation is absolutely clear. It is Bhutan’s land, close to the Indian border, and Bhutan and India have an arrangement to provide security. “Bhutan itself clarified that China is trying to alter the present status-quo. After this, I think the issue is absolutely clear. To say we will come there and grab the land of some other country is what China is doing and it is absolutely wrong,” the Minister said.

Jaitley’s comments come in the wake of a stand-off between Indian and Chinese troops in Dokala area close to the Siliguri corridor. The corridor connects the rest of India to its north-east.

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