India, May 17 -- External affairs minister S Jaishankar, in a candid interview with Hindustan Times, accused India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, of losing the country's territory to Chinese aggression.

Asked about the Opposition's allegations that China has been building a model village near Arunachal Pradesh and nibbling away territory in east Ladakh, S Jaishankar said the area where the village is being built was captured by China in the late 1950s, when Nehru was the prime minister.

"Model village - are the Chinese building these model villages? Yes. The village which became the subject of controversy is in a place called Longju. If you check the records of the Indian Parliament or you read any book on our border problem ...