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New Delhi:
The mutual withdrawal of Chinese and Indian troops in Ladakh, leaving a buffer zone, that has helped the Congress and its senior chief Shashi Tharoor to settle an previous dispute. The goal was Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who tweeted a jibe in 2013 on the then UPA authorities in an identical scenario.
“China withdraws its forces but I wonder why Indian forces are withdrawing from Indian territory? Why did we retreat?” PM Modi, who was then the Chief Minister of Gujarat, had tweeted on April 13, 2013.
Yesterday, Mr Tharoor added a tongue-in-cheek response to that tweet: “I stand with Modiji on this. PM must answer his question!”
I stand with Modiji on this. PM should reply his query! https://t.co/xauOoFONvh
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) July 7, 2020
The Congress too cited the previous tweet to hit again at PM Modi.
“Dear Prime Minister, do you remember? Do your words mean anything? Would you like to tell us why our forces are retreating in our territory? The nation seeks answers,” Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala had tweeted.
In April 2013, round 50 Chinese troopers had crossed the Line of Actual Control and arrange a distant camp at Daulat Beg Oldie in Ladakh’s Depsang Valley, 19 kilometres into Indian territory. On May 6, either side agreed to drag forces again to positions held earlier than the confrontation.
It was the leaving of a buffer zone as per guidelines — a no-man’s land at each border — that had triggered PM Modi’s jibe.
This time, the Chinese and Indian troops began a mutual withdrawal on Sunday after the Special Representative stage talks between National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Chinese overseas minister Wang Yi.
The talks occurred on the finish of a long-drawn face-off between Indian and Chinese troops in Ladakh, which culminated in a deadly conflict on June 15, through which 20 Indian troopers died in motion at Galwan Valley.
China and India have agreed on the necessity for pressing disengagement and de-escalation on the Line of Control — the de-facto border between China and India. The troops of either side have began a 2-km withdrawal at 4 spots in Ladakh — Galwan Valley, Hot Springs, Gogra and the Fingers area of Pangong — leaving a buffer zone as per guidelines.
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