China a habitual offender in redrawing maps: Congress

Congress has criticised China for its latest official map depicting some Indian territories as its own and dubbed Beijing as a “habitual offender” on this count.

Asserting that Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin are “an indistinguishable and inalienable part of India”, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said, “No arbitrarily invented Chinese map can change that. China is a habitual offender when it comes to renaming and redrawing maps of territories belonging to other countries. The Indian National Congress takes strong objection to any such illegal representation or renaming of India’s territories.”

While the Opposition party striking anon-partisan posture on the map issue is seen in the context of China putting up such maps in the past as well when Congress governments were in office and also keeping in mind the national sentiments about it, Kharge also lamented how China’s “deception and belligerence continue, post Galwan, in the wake of PM Narendra Modi giving them a free pass.” He hoped the G20 summit will address the issue.


“The status quo ante before May 2020 should be of utmost importance and the Modi government must not budge from anything less than the restoration of the same. We hope that the G20 Summit in India will be another opportunity for us to expose the issue of China’s transgressions into Indian territory at the global stage,” he said. Kharge stressed on the Congress’ desire for “a peaceful coexistence with our neighbours, including China” and for “peace and tranquillity at the LAC”.