No territory has been conceded by India as a result of the agreement of disengagement with China, the Ministry of Defence said in a statement on Friday.
“The assertion that Indian Territory is up to Finger 4 is categorically false,” the statement read.
This statement comes after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday morning stated that India has conceded territory to China as a part of disengagement.
The army statement contradicts a statement by Rahul Gandhi, where he had said, “”Finger 4 is our territory that is where our post used to be. Now we have moved from Finger 4 to Finger 3. Why has Prime Minister Modi given up Indian territory to the Chinese. This is the question that needs to be answered by him and the Defence minister.”
“Even the Line of Actual Control (LAC), as per the Indian perception, is at Finger 8, not at Finger 4. That is why India has persistently maintained the right to patrol up to Finger 8, including in the current understanding with China,” the army statement clarified.