'Arunachal Pradesh is an inalienable part of India,' says Kiren Rijiju

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju condemned the renaming of several areas in Arunachal Pradesh by China and said that the baseless claims made by China will not change the ground realityI strongly condemn Chinas illegally standardised geographical names given to 30 places inside Arunachal Pradesh China has been making all baseless claims but thats not going to change the ground reality and the historical facts he saidTaking to social media platform X he wrote Arunachal Pradesh is an inalienable part of India and the people of Arunachal Pradesh are supremely patriotic Indians by all standards amp definitionsMeanwhile Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge condemned the renaming of several areas in Arunachal Pradesh by China on Monday and urged the Centre to reprimand the actions of China while calling Beijings action ludicrousCiting a media report that mentioned Chinas renaming of several locations in Arunachal Pradesh Congress chief Kharge said that when China resorts to such provocation Prime Minister Narendra Modi tries to seek refuge by creating a false narrative on KatchatheevuNotably the decadesold territorial and fishing rights dispute around Katchatheevu Island is in the limelight ahead of polling in Tamil Nadu for Lok Sabha polls on April 19 with the BJP and the opposition engaged in a war of words over the issuePM Modi on Monday targeted the Congress party and DMK over the Katchatheevu island issue He said that Congress callously gave away the island He also alleged the ruling party of Tamil Nadu did nothing to safeguard the states interestsEyeopening and startling New facts reveal how Congress callously gave away Katchatheevu This has angered every Indian and reaffirmed in peoples mindswe cant ever trust Congress Weakening Indias unity integrity and interests has been Congress way of working for 75 years and counting PM Modi said in a post on X on Sunday referring to a media reportThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever