'Such Weak Response...': Congress Slams Jaishankar Over His Reaction To China Renaming Arunachal Areas

The row over renaming areas in Arunachal Pradesh began last week when the Chinese civil affairs ministry said it had renamed 30 more places along the India-China border.

Congress leader Manish Tewari has slammed External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar for his "weak response" to China renaming 30 Arunachal Pradesh border areas.

Source : PTI

The Congress on Tuesday slammed External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar for his "weak response" to China renaming 30 locations in Arunachal Pradesh. Addressing a press conference, Congress leader Manish Tewari said that China's move was nothing short of a cartographic aggression and the reaction to it was unbecoming of the Government Of India.

"Such a weak response is not expected of the External Affairs Minister. The people who speak strongly about [taking back] Katchatheevu from [Sri Lanka], are scared of even uttering the word China," Tewari said.

#WATCH | On China's claim regarding Arunachal Pradesh and EAM Dr S Jaishankar's response to it, Congress MP Manish Tewari says, "EAM S Jaishankar gave a wonderful statement yesterday. He said, "If today I change the name of your house, will it become mine?"...Such a weak response… pic.twitter.com/aYESNuLIS3

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Arunachal Renaming Row

The row over renaming areas in Arunachal Pradesh began last week when the Chinese civil affairs ministry said it had renamed 30 more places along the India-China border. Reacting to the development, Jaishankar on Monday said: "If today I change the name of your house, will it become mine? Arunachal Pradesh was, is and will always be a state of India. Changing names does not have an effect...Our army is deployed there [Line of Actual Control]."

#WATCH | Surat, Gujarat: On China's claim regarding Arunachal Pradesh, EAM Dr S Jaishankar says, "If today I change the name of your house, will it become mine? Arunachal Pradesh was, is and will always be a state of India. Changing names does not have an effect...Our army is… pic.twitter.com/EaN66BfNFj

— ANI (@ANI) April 1, 2024

Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, too, slammed China and called the attempt to rename the areas "senseless". He said: "China has persisted with its senseless attempts to rename places in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. We firmly reject such attempts. Assigning invented names will not alter the reality that Arunachal Pradesh is, has been, and will always be an integral and inalienable part of India.”

Our response to media queries on renaming places in Arunachal Pradesh by China:https://t.co/jqx6NCdQ1c pic.twitter.com/XPpysWlcQk

— Randhir Jaiswal (@MEAIndia) April 2, 2024