The parliamentary standing committee on defence will visit the Galwan Valley and Pangong lake in the eastern Ladakh region, PTI reported on Saturday, citing unidentified officials. A standoff has persisted between Indian and Chinese troops in the area since a violent clash took place in June.
The decision was taken during a meeting of the panel of which Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut and Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar are members. Gandhi reportedly did not attend the meeting.
The 30-member committee, chaired by senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Union minister Jual Oram, is likely to visit the region in the last week of May or in June. Officials said that the panel’s visit depends upon the approval of the government.
The decision to visit the region came a day after Gandhi raised queries about the disengagement process along the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh, accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “cowardice” and “giving away Indian territory to China”.
The Congress leader pointed out a part of Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s reply in the Parliament on Thursday where he had said that China will keep its troop presence in the North Bank area to east of Finger 8 along the Pangong lake,...
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