Agencies / New Delhi
PM Modi has called for an all-party meeting on June 19 over India-China border issue following the violent face-off with the Chinese troops on Monday night in the Galwan Valley in Ladakh on the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) in a tweet on Wednesday said that the meeting will be held at 5 p.m. on June 19 in which issues related to the face-off between the Indian forces and Chinese People's Liberation Army soldiers at patrolling point number 14 in eastern Ladakh will be discussed.
The presidents of various parties will take part in the meeting. "In order to discuss the situation in the India-China border areas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for an all-party meeting at 5 p.m. on 19th June. Presidents of various political parties would take part in this virtual meeting," the PMO tweeted.
Meanwhile, government sources said, several Indian Army soldiers are "critically injured" and are undergoing treatment and that "casualties could increase" in the one of the deadliest attack carried out by the Chinese Army at the LAC. Government sources said the number of critically injured personnel is in double digit, Indian Army refused to comment on the numbers and stated that several were injured.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee | Photo: ANI
Mamata welcomes Centre's decision
Kolkata: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday welcomed the Centre's decision to call an all-party meeting on June 19 to discuss the situation on the India-China border in Ladakh and said her party stands by the country at this hour of crisis.
"We stand by the country and our armed forces at this hour of crisis and completely support the decision to call an all-party meeting. Technically, it is a correct decision," the Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief said.
"We do not want to comment on issues relating to external affairs. Let the Union government decide on it," the chief minister said, when asked about the border standoff with China.
