Rahul Gandhi walks out of Standing Committee meeting on defence

Following differences, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday walked out of the Parliamentary Standing Committee meeting on Defence. While Gandhi wanted a discussion on the border dispute with China to be incorporated into the agenda, BJP's Jual Oram, the Committee's Chairman, declined. Congress has oft slammed the government for mishandling the border dispute.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi also had released a statement on the anniversary of the Galwan clash which resulted in 20 casualties on the Indian side and unknown fatalities on the other.

"Having patiently waited for the government to come clean and inform the nation about the circumstances in which the unprecedented incident happened and reassure the people that the sacrifice of our brave jawans was not in vain, the Congress Party reiterates its concern that no clarity is yet available and the Prime Minister's last word on the subject a year ago was that no transgression had occurred," she had said.