Sikkim MP Challenges ‘China Border’ Terminology in Rajya Sabha, Advocates for ‘Tibet Border’ Label to Support Tibet

In a pivotal session of the Rajya Sabha, Sikkim MP Dorjee Tshering Lepcha has called on the central government to revise the terminology used for the northern frontier. Lepcha urged the government to replace the term “China border” with “Tibet border,” arguing that the 1,400-kilometer stretch from Leh, Ladakh, and Arunachal Pradesh to Sikkim more accurately borders Tibet than China. He appealed to the Indian government and military agencies, including the Indian Army and the Border Roads Organization (BRO), to officially recognize this distinction.