Nationalist Congress Party (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi must speak on the steps being taken on “encroachment” of the country’s territories by China.
Asked about the PM’s interview to Newsweek magazine, Pawar, a former Defence minister, said Modi criticised the Congress for ceding an island (Katchatheevu) to Sri Lanka in 1974 but he must also speak on “encroachment of Indian territories by China”.
“The issue was discussed inside and out of Parliament. Modi is not talking about the steps he has taken on the India-China border dispute,” Pawar told reporters.
Criticising Raj Thackeray for supporting Modi, Pawar said the MNS chief has changed his stand multiple times in the last 10-15 years.