New Delhi, May 3 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Friday is reported to have briefed Samajwadi Party leader and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav on the government's strategy vis-a-viz incursion by Chinese troops in the Ladakh region.
Khurshid met Yadav inside Parliament House on Friday morning along with Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office V Narayanasamy.
The issue of Sarabjit Singh is also reported to have been taken up during the 40-minute meeting.
"Now, the government is showing some seriousness. But the need is to drive the Chinese out of our territory...it is a very serious matter," Yadav told reporters.
Yadav recalled that when he was the nation's defence minister, Chinese troops had entered one kilometer inside Indian Territory, and he had directed the Indian forces to drive them out.
He said Indian troops entered four kilometers inside Chinese territory in the process.
Yadav said he told Khurshid that the Chinese cannot be trusted.
When asked about the meeting, Khurshid said, "I briefed him (Yadav) on various things."
The Samajwadi Party had recently attacked the government in Lok Sabha over the Chinese incursion in Ladakh.
It had accused the government of acting in a cowardly manner and objected to Khurshid's forthcoming visit to China.
Yadav had said in the Lower House that the Chinese incursion was an attack on India and asked the government to retaliate even if it leads to war.
The SP supremo said China was the biggest threat India faced.
He also asked the government to immediately cancel Khurshid's proposed Beijing visit. (ANI)
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