PMO issues clarification over Modi's comments that no one entered Indian territory

The Congress as well as a number of strategic affairs experts raised questions over Modi's remarks asking if there was no transgression by the Chinese military in Galwan Valley then where did Indian soldiers die. They also wondered whether Modi gave a clean chit to China over the standoff.

"The sacrifices of the soldiers of the 16 Bihar Regiment foiled the

attempt of the Chinese side to erect structures and also cleared the attempted

transgression at this point of the LAC on that day," the PMO said.

"The words of the prime minister 'those who tried to transgress our land

were taught a befitting lesson by our brave sons of soil', succinctly summed

up the ethos and the values of our armed forces," it said.

The PMO said Modi assured that India's armed forces will leave no stone

unturned to protect the country's borders. "Attempts are being made in some quarters to give a mischievous interpretation to remarks by the prime minister at the all-party meeting on Friday," it said.

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