Overview

• In the July 29 Lok Sabha session, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju asserted that China has not intruded “even an inch” into Arunachal Pradesh or occupied additional land since the 1962 war.
• He clarified that all territory currently held by China in Arunachal was under its control before or during the 1962 conflict, with no boundary shifts in subsequent decades.
• Rijiju’s remarks directly countered Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav’s allegations of recent Chinese advances in the state.
• The intervention highlights how parliamentary debates like Operation Sindoor serve as venues for challenging and clarifying national security narratives on the Sino-Indian frontier.
• Officials intend this reaffirmation of the 1962 war boundary baseline to prevent misunderstandings about Arunachal Pradesh’s territorial status.