NEW DELHI: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today raised questions on recent media reports of Chinese action in the Dokalam area at a parliamentary panel meeting which was briefed by Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs chaired by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor was briefed on the topic ‘Sino-India relations with a focus on the Dokalam situation’.
Gandhi, who is also a member of the panel, had the maximum number of queries on the issue and raised questions about media reports that claimed China had again started constructing a road in the Dokalam area, a member present at the meeting said on the condition of anonymity.
Jaishankar replied that the Government had no information on China building roads outside its territory.
The committee’s members also appreciated the resolution of the Dokalam standoff through diplomatic channels.
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