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The Congress party took strong objection to the inclusion of Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin in China’s map and asserted that these are inalienable parts of India which no such illegal representation or arbitrarily invented map by the “habitual offender” can change.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge tweeted
The Indian territories including Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin are an indistinguishable and inalienable part of India.
No arbitrarily invented Chinese map can change that.
China is a habitual offender when it comes to renaming and redrawing maps of territories, belonging to… pic.twitter.com/ZqgYzxZss7
— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) August 29, 2023
The party also urged the government to use the upcoming G20 Summit to expose China’s transgressions into Indian territory at the global stage.
The Congress’ reaction came a day after China officially released the 2023 edition of its “standard map” incorporating Arunachal Pradesh, Aksai Chin region, Taiwan and the disputed South China Sea.
