"The map is showing
the location of Guangdong Province and Guangzhou City in China. The map
was neither signed by any officials of the Gujarat government nor
endorsed by Government of Gujarat. The map shows the location and the
other data such as geographical area, population, per capita, etc. The
map was not part of the MoU signed," the state government said in a
statement issued in the evening.
The clarification
came after Congress launched a scathing attack on the Modi government
while voicing its concerns over repeated Chinese incursions.
"In this MoU,
Arunachal Pradesh has been shown as a disputed territory. The Prime
Minister should apologise for this major lapse and blunder," party
general secretary Ajay Maken said on his blog.
He was referring to a
meeting on September 17 in Ahmedabad in which three MoUs were signed
between the government of Gujarat and Gaundang province of China in the
presence of Modi during which the Additional Chief Secretary of the
state D Pandian had distributed a handout showing map
of Gaundong province.
Raising a question,
Maken has said, "whether in the MoU too, has this particular map
(showing Arunachal Pradesh as disputed territory) been shown."
Source: MP News in Hindi and Chhattisgarh News in Hindi
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