Indeed, in April 2013, India had alleged that about 40 Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) troops had intruded 19 km into its territory across the line of actual control (LAC) and set up tents in the Daulat Beg Oldi sector. A section of strategic analysts and media had doubted the capability of the then Prime Minister and Minister of External Affairs (MEA) Salman Khurshid in in resolving the stand-off.But the matter was resolved at diplomatic levels with several flag meetings, talks between the two sides under the aegis of a newly created Joint Mechanism, and daily conversations between then Indian Ambassador to China S. Jaishankar (present MEA) and the Chinese Foreign Office.“We have to make these comparisons today. We have to keep reminding this government that the Chinese actions are posing a grave threat to India’s border. They have deployed 400 air defence missile which is not a small matter. Trade can wait, the PM needs to stop China first,” Khera added.Responding to PM Modi’s ‘selective outrage’ comment at the National Human Rights Commission’s Foundation Day, Khera said, “The Prime Minister has some major issues; he would only show “red eyes” to his own people inside the nation, not to those who are threatening the borders and he is always comparing and doing whataboutery. Congress party may have only raised the issue of Lakhimpur and Hathras but not of others like in Maharashtra and Rajasthan. Fair enough. What about the PM? He has not spoken on either Lakhimpur or Maharashtra orHathras or Rajasthan. Instead of comparing, he should give his own track record. He is not ready to speak on the China issue in Parliament. He should quit social media and run the nation,” a searing Khera said.
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