India, April 9 -- The Congress party on Tuesday accused the Narendra Modi government of giving "clean chit" to Beijing after Union home minister Amit Shah claimed that China couldn't encroach a "single inch" of land under the current government. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said the Modi government makes it harder for India to deal with China's illegal encroachment each time the BJP "gives a clean chit" to the neighbouring country.

Referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's four-year-old statement following an all-party meeting in the aftermath of the Galwan clash, Jairam Ramesh said his "lie was used by the Chinese all over the world to deny their encroachments onto Indian territory."

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