Accusing the Narendra Modi government of not being serious about Chinese intrusions, Congress today demanded that the Prime Minister appoint a Special Representative to carry forward the talks on border issues as "diplomacy is not event management".
"I would like to advice Prime Minister that diplomacy is not event management, state craft is very complex. He should show seriousness by appointing the Special Representative so that he can engage with Representative of Chinese government and Chinese President to discuss this border issue," Congress spokesperson Anand Sharma said.
He said the repeated intrusions were a matter of grave national concern and the party hopes that the government through its diplomacy and state craft will succeed in diffusing tensions on the border in the spirit of agreement on guiding principles signed in 2005.
"That agreement also envisages the Special Representatives mechanism to take forward the negotiations for the settlement of the border between China and India," he said.
Briefing reporters at AICC, the former Union Minister said the Prime Minister and his government knew for long that Chinese President Xi Jinping was visiting in September.
"The government and the Prime Minister was busy in managing in a grand manner the event, as it should be because it is an important visit, but they forgot that he as a Prime Minister has not appointed or nominated a Special Representative," he said.
