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Increase in China's activities in Nepal, Pakistan threat to India: Uttarakhand CM
Expressing apprehension over China's involvement in activities in Nepal, Pakistan and Tibet, Uttarakhand chief minister Ramesh Pokhriyal today said here that there is possibility of a rise in China's dominance in India's neighbours which necessitates an urgent increase in vigilance along the country's borders.
"There is an increase in the activities of China in Nepal, Tibet and also Pakistan. We apprehend that there will be increase in anti-India activities on the Indo-Nepal border via Nepal, which will pose a danger to our country in the near future," Pokhriyal said.
"There is also apprehension of increase in ISI activities in Nepal via the Pakistan route," said Pokhriyal, who was in Jammu to attend a meeting of BJP's office bearers held yesterday.
He said the internal security of India's border states is directly dependent on "external factors" such as the situation in the neighbouring countries.
"Although ITBP and SSB are posted for the security of the borderline, there is an urgent need for a high degree of vigilance along our borders," he said in reply to a question on the settlement of people from China in Nepal and massive constructions of road infrastructure in Tibet.
"Uttarakhand shares it border with China and Nepal and shares 350 km of the LoC and 250 km of the international border with the two countries. There is a growing threat to security due to increase in the activities of China in areas bordering the state," he said.
Pokhriyal said he raised two major points on the security front with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the internal security meeting convened by the Union home ministry recently.
"One point I raised with the prime minister was that there is no major ban on movement of people and goods from Nepal. Over 25,000 to 30,000 people travel daily via three routes into the country from Nepal," he said.
The chief minister of the hill state said China has also created massive road networks close to the Sino-Indian border upto the top of the Himalayas in Tibet.
"I told the PM that there is need for construction of border roads by us (India) on this side also," he said.
He said he told the prime minister that the national identity cards plan in the country should be started from Uttaranchal as a safeguard on the security front via the Indo-Nepal border.
"We will apply the national identity card plan to keep vigilance on the Indo-Nepal border as security measure," Pokhriyal said.
Increase in China's activities in Nepal, Pakistan threat to India: Uttarakhand CM - India - DNA