All Party Meeting: Sonia asks PM Modi ‘What is the current status of Mountain strike corps’

New Delhi: In All party meeting with PM over India-China border issues: Congress President Sonia Gandhi said, “all party meeting should have happened much earlier. Even at this late stage we are in the dark. Congress has specific questions…”

According to News Agency ANI, Sonia Gandhi asked PM Modi, “What date did Chinese troops intrude? When did the Govt find out about the transgressions? Does govt not get satellite pics?Did intelligence not report about unusual activity?”

Sonia Gandhi also said that ‘”Nation needs assurance that status quo ante restored. What is the current status of Mountain strike corps? Opposition parties should be briefed regularly.”

CPI’s D Raja said “we need to resist US efforts to drag us into their alliance” and CPI(M)’s Sitaram Yechuri stressed on the principles of Panchsheel.”

NPP’s Conrad Sangma said “Infrastructure work along the border should not stop. China sponsored activities in Myanmar&Bangladesh is worrying. PM has been working on North East infra and it must go on.”

TMC leader and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said, “All-party meeting is a good message for the nation. Shows that we are united behind our Jawans. TMC strongly in solidarity with the government.”

Mamta Banerjee also said that, “China is not a democracy.They are a dictatorship.They can do what they feel. We,on the other hand,have to work together.India will win,China will lose. Speak with unity. Think with unity. Work with unity. We are solidly with the Govt.”

JDU Chief and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar said that, “There is nationwide anger against China. There should be no differences among us. We are together.”

NCP Chief and Former Defence Minister Sharad Pawar said that issues of whether soldiers carried arms or not are decided by international agreements and we need to respect such sensitive matters.