Keep off: India’s terse counter to China after its Kashmir barbindiaUpdated: Aug 06, 2020 00:55 ISTNew Delhi on Wednesday tersely asked Beijing to keep out of the internal affairs of other countries after China contended that India’s “unilateral” changes to the status of the former state of Jammu and Kashmir were illegal and invalid. India’s decision on August 5 last year had triggered a strong response from China, mainly because it believed the move would affect its territorial claims in Ladakh region. Pakistan on Tuesday released a new “political map” in which it claimed all of Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh and parts of Gujarat – a move that India described as “an exercise in political absurdity”. China had referred to the disputed territory of Aksai Chin, which China controls but India claims as part of the new union territory of Ladakh. New Delhi also pointed out that India and China had agreed to maintain peace along their disputed border until a mutually acceptable solution is found.

Source: Hindustan Times August 05, 2020 16:25 UTC