Overview

• Kiren Rijiju asserted in the Lok Sabha that China has not intruded “even an inch” or occupied additional land in Arunachal Pradesh since the 1962 war.
• His remarks directly challenged Samajwadi Party MP Akhilesh Yadav’s assertion that China was encroaching without a robust government response.
• The statement was delivered during a focused three-day discussion on Operation Sindoor, launched after the Pahalgam terror attack to demonstrate India’s counterterrorism resolve.
• The government emphasised that the Line of Actual Control established after the 1962 Sino-Indian War remains unchanged in Arunachal Pradesh.
• Opposition parties continued to press for enhanced border security measures and questioned the overall strength of the government’s counterterrorism strategy.