New Delhi, Feb. 6 -- Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday defended the government's decision to keep the Henderson Brooks-Bhagat report of the 1962 India-China war "classified," calling it a sensitive defence matter and asserting it "cannot be used as a political tool."

In a post on X, Rijiju wrote, "Our Govt is led by a matured leader. Since 1962, the Henderson Brooks-Bhagat Commission report has remained secret. It indicted the Nehru Govt for the humiliating defeat at the hands of the Chinese PLA. Our Govt has never declassified it as a defence matter that can't be used as a political tools."

Rijiju shared his post from November 1, 2024, in which he highlighted India's border infrastructure development, and it read, "...