Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday said the current crisis on the border with China is attributable to the "mismanagement" of the BJP-led government and the "wrong policies" pursued by it.
Anti-China protests continue over Galwan valley face off between Indian and Chinese troops.
India has already mobilised fighter jets and sent thousands of additional troops to forward locations along the border with China after June 15.
India has strongly rejected China's claim of sovereignty over Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh where 20 Indian soldiers were killed on June 15 during a "violent face-off" after the Chinese PLA soldiers attacked them.
Congress leader P Chidambaram questioned the Prime Minister Narendra Modi statement that "No outsider was inside Indian territory in Ladakh.
Home Minister Amit Shah has lashed out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for resorting to petty politics instead of standing in solidarity when 20 Indian soldiers were martyred in the Indo-China clash.
The Indian Air Force has put all its frontline bases along the 3,500-km de-facto border with China on high alert and moved in additional assets like fighter jets and attack helicopters as part of heightened state of preparedness following the clashes.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday welcomed the Centre's decision to call an all-party meeting on June 19 to discuss the situation along the India-China border in Ladakh and said her party stands by the country and the armed forces at this hour of crisis.
Sepoy Ganesh Hansda lost his life in violent skirmish with Chinese troops along LAC on June 16.
A painter from Moradabad paid tribute to fallen soldiers who lost their lives in clash with China's PLA in Galwan valley.
President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday paid homage to the Indian soldiers who lost their lives in a violent clash with the Chinese army in Ladakh's Galwan Valley.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on June 17 paid tribute to soldiers who lost their lives during face of with China in Galwan valley.
After Indian Army's "violent face-off" with Chinese troops at Galwan Valley in which a colonel and soldiers lost their lives, people in most parts of the country came on roads and protested against China.
At least 20 Indian Army personnel including a colonel were killed in a fierce clash with Chinese troops in the Galwan Valley in Eastern Ladakh on Monday night. This was the biggest military confrontation in over five decades, significantly escalating the already volatile border standoff in the region. The officer killed in the clash was identified as Colonel Santosh Babu, Commanding Officer of the 16 Bihar regiment, and a native of Telangana.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for an all-party meeting at 5 pm on friday to discuss the situation in India-China border areas. According to the official notification from the PMO on Thursday, presidents of various political parties would take part in this virtual meeting.
The Chinese Army suffered 35 casualties during the violent clash with the Indian military in eastern Ladakh's Galwan Valley, official sources said on Wednesday quoting US intelligence reports.
A pall of gloom descended on Karohta village when tragic news reached here about the demise of Sepoy Ankush Thakur in a fierce clash between Indian and Chinese troops in Galwan valley of Ladakh.
During de-escalation process in Galwan Valley, a violent face-off took place last night. The loss of lives on Indian side includes an officer & 2 soldiers.
Even as the New Delhi and Beijing try to negotiate a solution to the military faceoff in eastern Ladakh, China has increased its army presence across the entire stretch of the LAC from Leh to Arunachal Pradesh
The Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson's remarks came a day after officials in New Delhi suggested that armies of India and China have undertaken a "limited disengagement" in few areas in eastern Ladakh in a demonstration of their intent to end the border standoff peacefully ahead of another round of military talks on Wednesday.
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