Congress leader Rahul Gandhi onWednesday walked out of the meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee onDefence over differences on its agenda.
According to the sources, the rationalebehind walking out of the meeting is considered as zero discussion on the China border dispute.
In the meeting that took place at 3 pmtoday, Gandhi wanted to incorporate the discussion on border dispute on China inthe agenda however, his request was turned down by the Committee's Chairman,Jual Oram of the BJP. Following this, he walked out of the panel meeting withhis parliamentary fellows.
Pertinently, Congress former chief hasbeen critical of the government on the issue of the border dispute with Chinaand has accused it of mishandling the situation.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi had alsoissued statement on the anniversary of Galwan clash in which 20 Indian soldiershad been killed as well as an unknown number of Chinese soldiers.
"Having patiently waited for thegovernment to come clean and inform the nation about the circumstances in whichthe unprecedented incident happened and reassure the people that the sacrificeof our brave jawans was not in vain, the Congress Party reiterates its concernthat no clarity is yet available and the Prime Minister's last word on thesubject a year ago was that no transgression had occurred," she had said.
She has further asserted that theCongress has decided to take up the Indo-China border dispute issue in the coming monsoon session ofparliament.
Notably, Congress is likely to raiseother issues including a hike in fuel prices, inflation, vaccine shortage,unemployment and the Rafale deal controversy during the monsoon session.
Reiterating the border row, after atough nine-month standoff, the Indian and Chinese Army had decided to agree ondisengagement in the north and south banks of Pangong lake in February thisyear.