India shouldn't budge an inch till status quo ante restored at Indo-China border: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

Leader of Congress in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Tuesday said that the partial retreat of Chinese troops from Ladakh proves that there was intrusion in the Indian territory.

Chowdhury in series of tweets claimed that the partial withdrawal of the Chinese troops may have resulted from the fact that unlike the Indian Army jawans are not used to work in harsh glacial weather conditions.

“Unlike Indian army, Chinese forces are not accustomed to withstand harsh & inhospitable glacial weather of Himalayan mountain which may trigger to an extent of retreat of Chinese army, that too again vindicates our arguments that huge intrusions occurred into our territory,” tweeted Chowdhury.

He also said that the Chinese troops may try to retreat from other occupied strategic areas as a “fait accompli” but India should not budge till the status quo is fully restored.

“They may try to leave other occupied strategic areas as a fait accompli. But we won’t budge an inch till the status quo ante is restored,” tweeted Chowdhury.

His comments come a day after the Chinese Army started a partial retreat from Ladakh following a discussion between the National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and the Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi.

Twenty Indian soldiers were killed in a clash with Chinese troops in Ladakh last month.