New Delhi, June 19: Trinamool supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday extended full support to the Centre’s handling of the Ladakh standoff, saying “we are united behind our jawans and in solidarity with our Government.”
Putting across her view on the situation along the India-China border, she compared the two neighbours saying that China is not a democracy but a dictatorship and could do what they feel. India, on the other hand, had to work together.
“India will win, China will lose,” she stated and exhorted all to “speak with unity, think with unity and work with unity. We are solidly with the Government.”
The all-party meeting was a good message for the nation, she further said and the Trinamool Congress-led West Bengal Government was “united behind our jawans. TMC is strongly in solidarity with the government.”
Today’s all party meeting had been called to discuss the India-China faceoff and the military/diplomatic steps taken by India so far by leaders of major political parties through video conferencing.
The TMC leader told the all-party meeting “Don’t let China enter telecom, railway and aviation sectors. We will face some problems but we won’t allow the Chinese to enter.”
Twenty Indian soldiers were killed on June 15 in a violent clash with Chinese troops at Galwan Valley in Ladakh.
The clash had erupted when Chinese soldiers, who after initially pulling back a little in consonance with the de-escalation plan finalized by the commanders of two armies, returned to erect a ‘temporary post’ in the shape of tents near Patrolling Point-14 (PP-14).
