New Delhi: In a sharp response to China’s comment on Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh, the Ministry of External Affairs said that India “completely rejects the comments made by the Chinese Official spokesperson.”
Arindam Bagchi, Spokesperson MEA, while responding to the queries regarding Chinese Official Spokesperson’s comments, said that “Indian leaders routinely travel to the state of Arunachal Pradesh as they do to any other state of India.”
He further added that “Arunachal Pradesh was, is and will always remain an integral and inalienable part of India. Objecting to such visits does not stand to reason and will not change the above reality.”
Earlier, China opposed the visit of Home Minister Amit Shah to Arunachal Pradesh and said that the visit violated Beijing’s territorial sovereignty and was not “conducive” to peace and tranquility.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah during the launch of village welfare programme in Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh said that “no one can encroach even a pin’s tip worth of our land”.