NEW DELHI, 19 April, 2021 (TON): On Sunday, the Indian Congress allegedly said that the Narendra Modi government is surrendering India's strategic interests to China and woefully compromising national security.

The Congress remarked while citing reports that China has refused to pull back its troops from Hot Springs, Gogra and Depsang Plains during the 9 April last round of Corps Commander-level talks.

Party General Secretary Ajay Maken asked in a statement, “How does the Modi Government plan to ensure the status quo ante as on April 2020? After the failure of the military talks with China and compromising our territorial integrity, what plan does the Modi Government have to take back our territory from China? PM Modi must answer."

He said the Prime Minister has "left the country vulnerable on yet another front by severely surrendering our interests on international borders".

Maken said that on 13 February “Defense Minister Rajnath Singh had told Parliament that the remaining friction points, including the strategic Depsang Plains, would be taken up for discussion in the next round of military talks, but now China has gone back on its assurances and reportedly asserted that 'India should be happy of what it has achieved'"

This is nothing, but an attack on India's territorial integrity, he said.

However, he cited the media reports that revealed that at Patrolling Point 15 and Patrolling Point-17A in Hot Springs and Gogra Post, the Chinese PLA is 'much inside the Indian territory.