"Senseless Attempts": India Rejects China Renaming Places In Arunachal Pradesh
India called China’s move to rename places in Arunachal Pradesh, a “senseless attempt”. The official spokesperson of Ministry of External Affairs, Randhir Jaiswal, responded to the media queries on China renaming places of Arunachal Pradesh. He called Beijing’s move as a “senseless attempt”, and “firmly reject” the move.
He reaffirmed that Arunachal Pradesh remains an integral part India. He said assigning invented names to the region will not change anything and Arunachal Pradesh “is, has been, and will always be an integral and inalienable part of India”.
On Monday, China released a list of 30 new names for various places in Arunachal Pradesh. It is the fourth list released by Beijing. Despite the strong opposition from India, China continues the release. The MEA S. Jaishankar assured that Arunachal Pradesh will remain as part of India. He said, “If I change the name of your house, will it become mine? Arunachal Pradesh was an Indian state and will remain so in the future. Nothing will be gained by changing names”.
On March 9, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the 13,000 feet Seal Tunnel in Arunachal Pradesh. It is the world’s largest twin-lane tunnel. China responded to the visit, claiming the area to be theirs. China said that they have “never recognized the so-called Arunachal Pradesh illegally set up by India and firmly opposes it”.
The statement was said by the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson, Wang Wenbin, while replying to the question regarding Modi’s visit. “The area of Zangnan is Chinese territory,” Wang said. US spokesperson said, “US recognises Arunachal Pradesh as Indian territory, and strongly opposes any unilateral attempts to advance territorial claims”.
Union Minister and Arunachal Pradesh MP, Kiren Rijiju also condemned the Chinese move. Taking to his X (formerly twitter), Rijiju said, he condemns China’s illegally ‘standardised’ geographical names given to 30 places in Arunachal Pradesh. He said the baseless claims made by China is not going to change the ground reality and historical facts.
I strongly condemn China”s illegally “standardised” geographical names given to 30 places inside Arunachal Pradesh. China has been making all baseless claims but that”s not going to change the ground reality and the “historical facts”. Arunachal Pradesh is inalienable part of…
— Kiren Rijiju (मोदी का परिवार) (@KirenRijiju) April 1, 2024
