Beijing, November 11: China on Tuesday angrily rejected India's assertion that Arunachal Pradesh is its integral part, insisting that Beijing never recognised the ‘illegal’ McMahon Line and that the status of the border state was ‘never officially demarcated’.
Deeply regretting External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee's statement that Arunachal Pradesh was part of India, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said New Delhi has not taken into account the ‘historical facts’.
"We deeply regret the Indian side's remarks, that take no regard of the historical facts," Qin said when asked to comment on Mukherjee's comments on Sunday in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh that the state was an integral part of India and that China was "aware" of it.
"China and India have never officially settled demarcation of borders, and China's stance on the eastern section of China-India borders is consistent and clear-cut," Qin said at a regular bi-weekly news briefing.
"The current Chinese government, as well as previous ones, has never recognised the illegal "McMahon Line," the official Xinhua news agency quoted Qin as saying.
"India knows this," Qin said, referring to the McMahon Line, the demarcation line drawn on map referred to the Shimla Convention in 1914. Although China disputes its legal status, the McMahon Line is currently the effective boundary between China and India.
Mukherjee had also said that "China is often making claims on Arunachal Pradesh, but Arunachal Pradesh has a special place in our heart."
"People of Arunachal Pradesh regularly elect two representatives to the Lok Sabha and there is an elected state assembly carrying out the responsibility of administration like any of other 27 states. The question of parting company of Arunachal or any of its part does not arise," he had said.
As for the pending boundary issue between China and India, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said that China is willing to find a solution, which is "fair, reasonable and acceptable" to the two sides, through peaceful and friendly negotiation in the spirit of mutual understanding and adjustment.
Mukherjee's rejection of the Chinese claim on Arunachal Pradesh follows recent declaration of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during a visit to the state that Arunachal was 'our land of rising sun'.
This is the second time within a week that Beijing has reacted sharply to Mukherjee's remarks on China.
On November 7, China had rejected an apparent 'China threat' remark made by him during a speech.
India says China is illegally occupying 43,180 sq kms of Jammu and Kashmir including 5,180 sq km illegally ceded to Beijing by Islamabad under the Sino-Pakistan boundary agreement in 1963. On the other hand, China accuses India of possessing some 90,000 sq km of Chinese territory, mostly in Arunachal Pradesh.
“Arunachal boundary is illegal, angry China tells India”, Agencies, Posted: Nov 11, 2008 at 1747 hrs IST, Website-http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Arunachal-boundary-is-illegal-angry-China-tells-India/384291/
11 November 2008
Who is responsible for the 30 October serial blast in Assam?
"Assam blast: Govt says ULFA behind it,ULFA says RSS",Agencies,Posted: Nov 11, 2008 at 2106 hrs IST,Website-http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/NDFB-ULFA-behind-serial-blasts-Assam-Govt/384343/
Guwahati, November 11: The Assam government on Tuesday held NDFB and ULFA responsible for the October 30 serial blasts which claimed the lives of 84 people.
“Involvement of some active members of National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) has come to light during the course of investigation by the Special Investigation Team (SIT),” an official statement said in Guwahati.
“The involvement of ULFA in the conspiracy of carrying out the serial blasts in the state has also come to the fore during investigation,” it said.
Claiming that there has been “significant progress with regard to the investigation”, the government said “the main culprits who have perpetrated the crime have been identified and all efforts are on to apprehend them.
“Probable involvement of other agencies and organisations are also under investigation and the police have so far arrested eight persons,” it said.
The statement, however, makes no mention of the government’s earlier claim that Bangladesh-based HuJI could be responsible for the blasts by taking local help from ULFA and NDFB.
The NDFB, a dominant Bodo militant group, is currently under unilateral ceasefire with the Centre.
RSS involved in Assam blasts: ULFA
The banned ULFA alleged that RSS was behind the deadly October 30 blasts in Assam and ethnic violence in Bodo Territorial Administered Districts (BTAD).
The blast claimed 85 lives while 55 people died in the ethnic violence in BTAD areas.
In an e-mail statement, ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa further alleged that Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarmah was an agent of RSS and was blaming ULFA to cover up his involvement in the blasts.
"Whether Sarmah is in Congress or AGP, he is in reality an RSS agent and to cover up his involvement is making misleading statements like ULFA and Jehadi are the same," he said.
Rajkhowa claimed the ULFA has enough evidence to prove RSS's involvement in the October 30 blasts in four towns of Assam, including Guwahati.
"A few months ago, the ULFA in its mouthpiece Freedom had mentioned about the secret directive sent by RSS to carry out blasts in different parts of the country but the state government took no steps in this direction," he said.
Moreover, the recent blasts in different parts of the country and the subsequent arrests have also proved that RSS and BJP are involved in blasts in states ruled by non-BJP governments, Rajkhowa alleged.
He said that ULFA has never targeted indigenous Assamese population and has no links with jehadi or any other religious fundamentalist organisation.
Guwahati, November 11: The Assam government on Tuesday held NDFB and ULFA responsible for the October 30 serial blasts which claimed the lives of 84 people.
“Involvement of some active members of National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) has come to light during the course of investigation by the Special Investigation Team (SIT),” an official statement said in Guwahati.
“The involvement of ULFA in the conspiracy of carrying out the serial blasts in the state has also come to the fore during investigation,” it said.
Claiming that there has been “significant progress with regard to the investigation”, the government said “the main culprits who have perpetrated the crime have been identified and all efforts are on to apprehend them.
“Probable involvement of other agencies and organisations are also under investigation and the police have so far arrested eight persons,” it said.
The statement, however, makes no mention of the government’s earlier claim that Bangladesh-based HuJI could be responsible for the blasts by taking local help from ULFA and NDFB.
The NDFB, a dominant Bodo militant group, is currently under unilateral ceasefire with the Centre.
RSS involved in Assam blasts: ULFA
The banned ULFA alleged that RSS was behind the deadly October 30 blasts in Assam and ethnic violence in Bodo Territorial Administered Districts (BTAD).
The blast claimed 85 lives while 55 people died in the ethnic violence in BTAD areas.
In an e-mail statement, ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa further alleged that Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarmah was an agent of RSS and was blaming ULFA to cover up his involvement in the blasts.
"Whether Sarmah is in Congress or AGP, he is in reality an RSS agent and to cover up his involvement is making misleading statements like ULFA and Jehadi are the same," he said.
Rajkhowa claimed the ULFA has enough evidence to prove RSS's involvement in the October 30 blasts in four towns of Assam, including Guwahati.
"A few months ago, the ULFA in its mouthpiece Freedom had mentioned about the secret directive sent by RSS to carry out blasts in different parts of the country but the state government took no steps in this direction," he said.
Moreover, the recent blasts in different parts of the country and the subsequent arrests have also proved that RSS and BJP are involved in blasts in states ruled by non-BJP governments, Rajkhowa alleged.
He said that ULFA has never targeted indigenous Assamese population and has no links with jehadi or any other religious fundamentalist organisation.
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