10-26-2007, 02:44 AM
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Pioneer News Service | New DelhiÂ
Sonia's visit shocking, says BJP
Expressing concern over Center's "lackadaisical and indifferent" attitude towards growing intrusion by the Chinese troops into Indian territory, the BJP on Thursday described it 'shocking' that UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi was on a five-day tour to China accompanied by her MP son Rahul Gandhi with an<span style='color:red'> "undisclosed agenda".</span>
The party said while Left and Congress were maintaining a deafening silence on an issue of national security and sovereignty, both CPM general secretary Prakash Karat and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi have instead of raising issue of intrusion have only confined themselves to congratulating Chinese President Hu Jintao on his re-election as the General Secretary of the ruling Communist Party in China.
<b>"The BJP notes that the incursions are simply not the inadvertent misadventures of lost Chinese patrols but instead point towards the existence of a carefully designed strategy to undermine India's territorial integrity," </b>party spokesman Rajiv Pratap Rudy told reporters.
The party said reports on intrusion by China have been confirmed by the DG of ITBP, who has admitted to over 140 incidents of intrusions in over the last one-year in both Arunachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir.
Rudy stated the complete silence maintained by the high level entourage comprising even senior Ministers of the UPA Government was also "shocking".
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Pioneer News Service | New DelhiÂ
Sonia's visit shocking, says BJP
Expressing concern over Center's "lackadaisical and indifferent" attitude towards growing intrusion by the Chinese troops into Indian territory, the BJP on Thursday described it 'shocking' that UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi was on a five-day tour to China accompanied by her MP son Rahul Gandhi with an<span style='color:red'> "undisclosed agenda".</span>
The party said while Left and Congress were maintaining a deafening silence on an issue of national security and sovereignty, both CPM general secretary Prakash Karat and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi have instead of raising issue of intrusion have only confined themselves to congratulating Chinese President Hu Jintao on his re-election as the General Secretary of the ruling Communist Party in China.
<b>"The BJP notes that the incursions are simply not the inadvertent misadventures of lost Chinese patrols but instead point towards the existence of a carefully designed strategy to undermine India's territorial integrity," </b>party spokesman Rajiv Pratap Rudy told reporters.
The party said reports on intrusion by China have been confirmed by the DG of ITBP, who has admitted to over 140 incidents of intrusions in over the last one-year in both Arunachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir.
Rudy stated the complete silence maintained by the high level entourage comprising even senior Ministers of the UPA Government was also "shocking".
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