00:00Latest news, the opposition is picking it up.
00:03I want you to answer it.
00:04You come from Arunachal Pradesh.
00:05Have there been some more transgressions from China to our side in Arunachal Pradesh?
00:10See, it's a very sensitive issue, so I have to be absolutely careful
00:16and also truthful to put the facts before the nation.
00:24The entire Arunachal Pradesh portion is undemarketed.
00:30Not a single stretch is demarketed.
00:35Only there are border points where the PLA and our Indian Army, they meet.
00:43That's called flag meeting.
00:45So when the area is not demarketed, suddenly there are cases of our forces
00:53and their forces moving and crossing over to each other's claimed territory.
01:00The problem is, ever since 1914, when McMohan Line was drawn,
01:08an imaginary line was drawn on the map,
01:12there was no border infrastructure development from our side.
01:16Chinese also started very late.
01:18But unfortunately, we started the border roads very late.
01:25In the 70s and 80s, there were some border roads, but that was just a nominal movement,
01:34not reaching exactly to the border point.
01:37But 2014, when Modi-ji came to power, he started building the road infrastructure along the border.
01:46So when we were building the roads, the Chinese have already built.
01:50So they have a larger movement and they have a better deployment.
01:55Thereby, they have built infrastructure in certain areas where we also have claim,
02:03they also have claim.
02:04That is why the issue raised by border people in Arunachal Pradesh, they are valid.
02:12But somebody tried to say that, oh, 50, 60 kilometers, the Chinese have come inside Arunachal.
02:18These kind of statements are damaging.
02:22Because the border problem is 2, 3 kilometers, at the most 4 kilometers like that.
02:28Because the area is very vast.
02:30An attempt to rename places from our side and their side.
02:34How does that help?
02:35If you come to the technical level, I think the Chinese have played some psychological game.
02:45They have started naming some of the passes and some of the areas in Arunachal Pradesh,
02:52which will have no bearing or no practical effect on us.
02:56Because Arunachal Pradesh is purely an Indian territory.
03:00It is an Indian state.
03:02I belong to Arunachal Pradesh.
03:04So by naming, the Chinese government will not gain anything.
03:09But on the other side, now we are building the infrastructure.
03:13I think our borders are more safe now because we are adequately prepared to protect our territory
03:20through proper infrastructure and our forces deployment.
03:25Sir, you speak about Arunachal Pradesh.
03:28We ask you to speak to one very young citizen of India and Arunachal Pradesh,
03:34who was not very happy till about a week ago.
03:38Are we allowed to do that?
03:39You can.
03:40You can connect.
03:41So there is this little tinkle who had put out a video on social media.
03:46Are you connecting through video phone?
03:49Should I connect on video?
03:50Are you okay with that?
03:51Yeah, I am okay.
03:52You are fine?
03:53Let me try and connect, sir.
03:55So little tinkle had put out a video of her saying that she is not Indian.
04:06She is Chinese.
04:08Let's see if she...
04:28Are you okay to be called an uncle?
04:30No problem.
04:31No problem.
04:31Let's see if I can connect him, sir.
04:37No problem.
04:40Just for a minute, sir.
04:41It will make her name.
04:42That's the young girl.
04:43Tinkle, her name is...
04:44Hey Tinkle, hello.
04:48Hello.
04:52Tinkle, what is your mother?
04:53Look at your mother's photo.
04:57And tell me which Chinese?
05:01My brother.
05:02My brother.
05:03My brother.
05:04My brother.
05:04My brother.
05:05My brother.
05:12My brother.
05:14My brother.
05:15My brother.
05:16My brother.
05:16My brother.
05:17My brother.
05:19My brother.
05:21My brother.
05:24My brother.
05:30Thank you, sir, for doing this.
05:32You didn't have to, but thank you.
05:34Thank you so much.
05:35They are from Itandagar.
05:38They are staying in Itandagar.
05:40But thank you, Mr. Rajivu.
05:42You have taken out so much time for us.
05:45And like I said earlier, it's very rare that you have leaders who are cabinet ministers
05:50and positions like you who have taken every question we have asked you.
05:54Thank you so much.
05:55It's a pleasure.
05:55It's an honor.
05:56Absolute pleasure for me also to have a very free and frank exchange of views.
06:00Thank you so much.
