Arunachal Pradesh Parl Sec accuses PM Narendra Modi of being 'silent' on state's map in China

A Parliamentary Secretary in Arunachal Pradesh today accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of remaining "silent" when China welcomed him with a map of India without the state in it during his visit to Beijing in May. "The Prime Minister silenced everybody but China silenced him by demonstrating India's map without Arunachal during his visit to the country," Parliamentary Secretary for Information and Public Relation and Education, Bamang Felix, said while participating in the budget discussion in the Assembly.

He also criticised the BJP members for not opposing it. "We were expecting that the Opposition leader Tamiyo Taga would take us ahead. But the party had tarnished Arunachal's image by levelling wild allegations of Rs 900 crore embezzlement by the state government. "A leader is one who knows the way and shows the way," he said adding the budget was the outcome of the team spirit led by Chief Minister Nabam Tuki. In response to Felix''s charges, Taga said that whole of Arunachal Pradesh was included as part of China in that country''s map and text books since 1949 but the Centre has been continuously protesting.

"For this problem, the Centre cannot snap relations with China," he added.