A proposed visit by over 100 IAS officers to China for a training programme has been called off after Beijing refused visa to one officer belonging to Arunachal Pradesh.
NEW DELHI: A proposed visit by over 100 IAS officers to China for a training programme has been called off after Beijing refused visa to one officer belonging to Arunachal Pradesh.
Sources in the Department of Personnel said the officers, who belonged to 1991 batch, would not visit China after it objected to one of the officers belonging to Arunachal Pradesh being part of the team.
The team was to go for a two-week training to Beijing to understand the functioning in that country.
Just ahead of Chinese President Hu Jintao's recent visit here, its Ambassador to India Sun Yuxi had in November last triggered a diplomatic row contending Arunachal Pradesh as "Chinese territory", a claim strongly rejected by India.
Reacting to the Chinese government's denial to grant visa to an IAS officer from Arunachal Pradesh, the BJP MP from the state Khiren Rijju said it was "shameful" that the Central government was still "silent" on the Bejing's decision.
"It is very shameful that the Government of India is still silent. I am extremely disappointed. How can they remain silent to such an action by the Chinese government. They should make a statement," he said.
Rijju created a furore in the Parliament earlier this month by saying that China has occupied a vast territory of Arunachal Pradesh.
However, the Centre as well as the Arunachal Pradesh government refuted the allegation saying no such incursion had taken place in the border state.
Rijju demanded "perceptible action" against Chinese Ambassador Yuxi for claiming the entire Arunachal Pradesh as Chinese territory.
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