New Delhi: Expressing concern over reports
of China taking substantial portion of land in Ladakh, Union
Minister Farooq Abdullah today said the Centre should take up
the matter with Beijing at the earliest and sort out the
boundary dispute.
"This seems to be happening for the last 25 years. One
cannot be absolved of the responsibility by just merely saying
that the Line of Actual Control (LAC) has not been
demarcated," he said.
The former Chief Minister said the Government of India
should hold talks with China at the earliest and solve the
boundary dispute.
"Now this boundary dispute cannot hang in balance for
eternity. Earliest, the best," Abdullah said.
Asked whether he had come to know about the Chinese
incursions during his tenure as Chief Minister, he said "this
has started coming out in the public domain only in the later
part of last year.
The remarks of the Union Minister came in the wake of a
news report that area along Line of Actual Control with China
has "shrunk" over a period of time and India has lost
"substantial" amount of land in the last two decades.
PTI
