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China biggest enemy of India, Pakistan no
threat: Mulayam
Monday April 29, 2013 11:35:15 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi:
Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav Monday accused the UPA
government of being "weak and cowardly" over the incursion of
Chinese troops in Ladakh and warned that China "is the biggest
enemy" of India but "Pakistan is no threat".
Speaking in the Lok Sabha, the former defence minister alleged
that the Chinese incursion was aimed at annexing Indian territory.
"I have been raising this issue for the past eight years. I had
warned that that there will be a repeat of 1962. I even went and
met the prime minister, yet there was no response. Now (External
Affairs Minister) Salman Khurshid is going to China. What for? Beg
before them?" an angry Mulayam Singh asked.
Khurshid is scheduled to visit Beijing early next month.
Mulayam Singh claimed that one lakh square km of Indian territory
has been "occupied" by China, and accused the government of "doing
nothing".
"When the Army chief himself says the troops are ready to respond,
why is the government not issuing instructions to it? They (China)
insulted us in 1962. They are insulting us now in the world fora,"
he said.
Besides Mulayam Singh, several members voiced concern on the
stand-off that continues with China at the border.
"I would request and I would urge upon the government that
adequate steps be taken to drive out the Chinese forces from the
Indian territory and all attempts should be made to demarcate the
Line of Actual Control," demanded Biju Janata Dal's Bhartruhari
Mahtab.
Trinamool Congress MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay urged the speaker to
allot time for a full debate on the issue.
"The PM should come and make a statement in the house," he said.
On April 15, a Chinese platoon set up camp 19 km inside Indian
territory in Depsang Valley in Ladakh.
India has tried through meetings with local military commanders
and through diplomatic channels to get China to vacate the spot.
China insists that it has not intruded into Indian territory.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that India does not want to
"accentuate the situation" and that it is a "localized problem".
"We do have a plan. We do not want to accentuate the situation. We
do believe that it is possible to resolve this problem," he said
Saturday.
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