India, Jan. 14 -- Ladakh Governor Kavinder Gupta on Tuesday strongly rejected China's claim over the Shaksgam valley, asserting that the entire region of Pakistan-occupied Jammu-Kashmir (PoJK) belongs to India. He also asserted that no expansionist attempt would be tolerated.

China on Monday reaffirmed its territorial claims over the Shaksgam valley in the backdrop of India's objections, stressing that the Chinese infrastructure projects in the area are "beyond reproach".

"The whole of (Pakistan-occupied) Jammu-Kashmir is ours. We do not know what Pakistan has traded with China. China should understand that nothing will be achieved through its expansionist policy. India is capable. It is not the India of 1962, it is the India of 2026. A...