Criticising the Centre’s decision to mark the 75th anniversary of India’s diplomatic ties with China, Gandhi said foreign secretary Vikram Misri was cutting a cake with the Chinese ambassador even when the border situation is tense.“China is sitting on 4,000 square kilometre of our territory. I was shocked some time back to see that our foreign secretary Vikram Misri was cutting a cake with the Chinese ambassador. What exactly is happening to this territory of 4,000 sq km that China has taken?” he asked.Referring to the 2020 Galwan Valley clashes in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed, Gandhi said a celebration was taking place over the dead bodies of our martyrs. He, however, asserted that the Opposition was not against thaw in the bilateral ties: “We are not against normalcy. But before normalcy, we should get our land back.”Gandhi also came down heavily on the Union government for not coming clean on India’s engagement with China. It was the Chinese ambassador who revealed it, he said. “It has also come to my notice that the President and the Prime Minister have written to China. We are not finding this from our own people; it is the Chinese ambassador telling the Indian people,” the LoP said.
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