'Chinese have taken our land': Rahul Gandhi's barb at the Sino-Indian border strife

"When exactly is GOI planning to get it back?" he asked

INDIA-POLITICS-ELECTION Rahul Gandhi

On Friday, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi aimed a barb at the Centre over the ongoing standoff at the Sino-Indian border, tweeting: "The Chinese have taken our land. When exactly is GOI planning to get it back? Or is that also going to be left to an 'Act of God'?"

His comments come amid ongoing diplomatic efforts to bring down tension at the border. The Army has further bolstered its dominance over a number of strategic heights overlooking key Chinese-held positions around Pangong lake area in eastern Ladakh even as brigade commanders and commanding officers of the two militaries held separate talks to cool tensions in the region, news agency PTI reported.

The agency further reported that additional reinforcements have been made in hill tops and strategic locations around Pangong lake to keep a hawk-eye vigil on Chinese-held position of Finger 4. The mountainous spurs in the area are referred to as fingers. China has been holding onto Finger 4 to 8 on the north bank of Pangong lake. The Army has occupied several key heights in the strategically located Rezang-La and Reqin-La areas on the southern bank of the lake since the end of August.

Tension escalated manifold in eastern Ladakh following fresh face-offs between Indian and Chinese troops in Mukhpari area of Rezang-La ridgeline on Monday evening. The Army on Tuesday had said Chinese troops attempted to close in on an Indian position near the southern bank of Pangong lake in eastern Ladakh the previous evening and fired shots in the air, a first such instance of bullets being used along the LAC after a gap of 45 years.

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