The other parties that have not been invited to the meeting include the Aam Aadmi Party and the Rashtriya Janata Dal. The criteria of calling only parties with five Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha members betrayed any rational explanation. “This situation required the government to include every political party with a Member of Parliament,” Mr. Owaisi said. The government was bound to answer queries of representatives regarding occupation of Indian territory. Foremost was the question of how much Indian territory was under Chinese control since 2014.

Source: The Hindu June 19, 2020 12:43 UTC