Speaking in the Lok Sabha, the former defence minister alleged that the Chinese incursion was aimed at annexing Indian territory.

"I have been raising this issue for the past eight years. I had warned that that there will be a repeat of 1962. I even went and met the prime minister, yet there was no response. Now (External Affairs Minister) Salman Khurshid is going to China. What for? Beg before them?" an angry Mulayam Singh asked.