Rajnath, Sushma to brief Opposition on China stand-off, Jammu and Kashmir

Leaders of prominent Opposition parties are being invited for the meeting where the two senior Ministers will give a detailed presentation on both issues, the sources said.

Ahead of the Parliament session that begins on Monday, the government is apparently aiming to build a consensus to deal with its biggest neighbour as well on the Kashmir issue.

In the latest tussle, New Delhi has expressed concerns at China trying to change the status quo at the India-Bhutan-Tibet tri-junction in Doklam area of Sikkim, where Indian troops stopped road construction by Chinese soldiers.

China and India have been engaged in the standoff in the Doklam area for the past three weeks. Doka La is the Indian name for the region, which Bhutan recognises as Dokalam, while China claims it as part of its Donglang region.

In Kashmir, Pulwama, Kulgam, Shopian and Anantnag districts have been on the boil since the killing of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani in an encounter with security forces on July 8, 2016.

Seventy-six people, besides two police personnel, were killed in the five-month unrest in the Valley following the killing of Wani.

The unrest resumed since the April 9 by poll to the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat.

Opposition leaders have been criticising the government for the way it has handled the China and Kashmir matter.

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi had questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “silence” on China, and had also met the Chinese Ambassador to India.

Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday accused PM Modi of pursuing policies that created space for terrorists in Kashmir.