By IRNA,
New Delhi : India’s Defence Minister, A K Antony while downplaying reports of India losing territory to China in Ladakh region Wednesday said there was “no change” in the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
Antony said the issue was raised at a meeting he had with Jammu and Kashmir government officials and Army officers in Jammu Tuesday, where the Army Corps Commander for Ladakh had categorically reported that there was not much change in the situation along the LAC.
“Yesterday, in the meeting, this subject was also raised. In the meeting, the Corps Commander (of Ladakh) reported that as far as they are concerned, there is no change in the Line of Control. There is not much change in the situation,” the Defence Minister told reporters on the sidelines of a Defence Seminar organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in New Delhi.
However, he said there were troop movements “here and there” because of the differing perceptions (of the LAC).
“Because of differing perceptions, our people are going there, their people are coming here.
Generally there is no change in the atmosphere and no change in the LAC. This was explained by the Army commander. I told them to further study this in detail,” he said.
An official report had recently stated that the area along the LAC with China had “shrunk” over a period of time and India had lost “substantial” amount of land in the last two decades.
Meanwhile, the Indian Army spokesman Tuesday maintained that there was no change in the established demarcation and lines of claim along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh.