The face-off with China and growing unrest in the Kashmir Valley will be raised in the Parliament session beginning next week by opposition parties. This comes after the government held an all-party met to brief the opposition about the situation on both fronts.
National security is the priority of the Congress party. We advised them (the government) to tackle the situation diplomatically, rising above politics for national interest.Anand Sharma, Senior Congress Leader
The Congress also raised some doubts before the government but made it clear that the nation comes first, be it China or Kashmir. Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien said that his party raised "some serious questions" and claimed that the government had no answer to his questions on preparedness for such incidents.
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The opposition leaders were briefed by Home Minister Rajnath Singh, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Defence Minister Arun Jaitley ahead of the Parliament session that begins on Monday.
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Other leaders attending the meet included Mulayam Singh Yadav from the Samajwadi Party, Ram Vilas Paswan from the Lok Janshakti Party, Tariq Anwar from the Nationalist Congress Party and Sharad Yadav from the Janata Dal United.
The government has expressed concern over China trying to change the status quo at the India-Bhutan-Tibet tri-junction in the Dokalam area of Sikkim. China and India have been engaged in the standoff in the area for the past three weeks after a Chinese Army's construction party attempted to build a road in the region. Doka La is the Indian name for the region which Bhutan recognises as Dokalam, while China claims it as part of its Donglang region.
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The government also used the meeting as an opportunity to apprise the Members of Parliament from different parties of the situation in Jammu and Kashmir following the attack on Amarnath yatris on July 10. Seven pilgrims were killed by militants in the Anantnag district while returning from the Amarnath cave shrine on Monday. The MPs were informed that 2.2 lakh pilgrims had visited the cave shrine last year, with this year accounting for 1.86 lakh pilgrims so far The yatra will continue till August 7.
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Opposition leaders have been criticising the government for the way it has handled China and Kashmir. Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi has questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "silence" on China. On Wednesday, he accused Modi of pursuing policies that created space for terrorists in Kashmir. He also alleged that the Prime Minister's pursuit of short-term political gains through the BJP-PDP alliance in the state has cost the country dear and resulted in innocent lives being lost.
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