INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Union defence ministers statement would assume significance in the backdrop of the Opposition demanding a debate on
the issue
File image of Rajnath Singh
News18
New Delhi:�Defence minister Rajnath Singh is likely to make a statement in Parliament on Tuesday on the
continuing stand-off between Indian and Chinese troops along the LAC in eastern Ladakh, parliamentary sources said.Such a statement would
assume significance�in the backdrop of the Opposition demanding a debate on the issue.Singh had met his Chinese counterpart General Wei
Fenghe in Moscow recently
External affairs minister S Jaishankar and Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi had also met in Moscow a few days ago.Meanwhile, the Union
Cabinet and the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs are also likely to meet over video-conferencing on Tuesday afternoon, government
sources said.During the Monsoon Session, which began today, the Opposition is seeking to corner the government on its handling of the
stand-off with China along the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh, the COVID-19 situation, economic downturn and unemployment, and is pressing
for discussions on these issues.The Congress and other Opposition parties raised these demands in the first business advisory committee
(BAC) meeting for Lok Sabha chaired by Speaker Om Birla on Sunday, but no time has been allocated yet for these discussions.The BAC for Lok
Sabha will be held again on Tuesday afternoon to further discuss the first weeks business schedule.Similar demands have been raised by the
Congress in the BAC for Rajya Sabha as well.
