Ramesh noted that the statement claims that “the House is well aware of the circumstances leading up to the violent clashes in Galwan Valley in June 2020”, and pointed out that it is an unfortunate reminder that the very first official communication to the nation on this crisis came on June 19, 2020 when the PM provided a clean chit publicly to China and falsely stated “Na koi hamari seema mein ghus aaya hai, na hi koi ghusa hua hai”.”Not only was this an insult to our fallen soldiers but it also weakened India’s position in subsequent negotiations. Whatever prompted the PM to make this assertion?” Ramesh said.”On October 22, 2024 Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi restated India’s longstanding position: ‘As far as we are concerned, we want to go back to the status quo of April 2020 thereafter we will be looking at disengagement, de-escalation and normal management of the LAC’.””However, the Ministry of External Affairs statement following the 32nd meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation & Coordination on India-China Border Affairs (WMCC) on 5 December 2024 stated that ‘the two sides positively affirmed the implementation of the most recent disengagement agreement which completed the resolution of the issues that emerged in 2020’,” Ramesh pointed out.Does this not reveal a shift in our official position, he asked.
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