‘China face-off’ posers for PM amid Cong barbs over ITBP’s claim, Arunachal situation

A statement from the Indo-Tibetan Border Police chief that the “face-off” with China was continuing in Arunachal Pradesh left the Narendra Modi government facing questions on Friday about its record on national security and alleged failure to stand up to Beijing. The Congress asked the Prime Minister whether India’s patrolling areas had been compromised in Arunachal as they reportedly had in Ladakh, highlighted what it saw as his government’s kowtowing to China, and wondered whether Beijing had something on him. The comments by Shatrujeet Kapur, director-general of the ITBP which guards the Chinese frontier, came after months of reports about…