India has slammed China’s latest attempt to rename locations in Arunachal Pradesh, calling it a baseless and desperate bid to legitimise its territorial claims. The MEA asserted that such “creative naming” does nothing to change the ground reality that Arunachal Pradesh is, and will remain, an integral part of India.
India on Wednesday firmly rejected China’s latest move to rename several locations in Arunachal Pradesh, calling it a futile and baseless attempt to assert territorial claims over Indian territory. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) issued a strong response to Beijing’s announcement, reiterating that Arunachal Pradesh remains an “integral and inalienable part of India.”
“We have noticed that China has persisted with its vain and preposterous attempts to name places in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. Consistent with our principled position, we reject such attempts categorically,” said MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal in a statement. The ministry further added, “Creative naming will not alter the undeniable reality that Arunachal Pradesh was, is, and will always remain an integral and inalienable part of India.”
This sharp response came after Chinese authorities released a new list of standardised names for several places in Arunachal Pradesh—an area China claims as part of “South Tibet” or “...
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