Prem Khandu

In an obvious message to China, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu has said today's India is not what it was in 1962 but a country that belongs to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. In the presence of Shah, Khandu also said it was perhaps for the first time that a Union home minister came to a place located so close to the border with China. Shah was here on Monday to launch the Modi government's ambitious "Vibrant Villages Programme" (VVP) to ensure all-round development of the villages located along the northern border. China had, on Monday, objected to Shah's visit to Arunachal Pradesh. "It is not an India of 1962. Today, it is Narendra Modi's India, it is Amit Shah's India," Khandu said amid applause from the audience that mostly consisted of those living close to the Sino-Indian border. India had faced Chinese aggression in 1962 and Kibithoo and neighbouring Walong had witnessed a fierce battle between the Indian Army and the China's ...

Khandu also asked the department of sports and youth affairs to tie up with IMF to designate peaks like Gorichen to make them accessible to the mountaineers