Former Union minister and Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Friday sought clarity from the government on the border situation with China, arguing that claims and counter-claims had turned the debate into a “tragi-comedy.”

Chidambaram said in a series of tweets, “The Government must explain what is going on in these never-ending talks with China. Every time India claims that there has been ‘agreement’ on disengagement, China repudiates the claim.”

He added, “The latest is what India claimed in a statement yesterday and China’s statement today flatly denying any agreement on disengagement. The reality is that China has entrenched itself in the territory it has encroached upon. There is a bitterly cold winter ahead of us. If there is agreement on anything, India must insist on a joint statement so that we put an end to this tragi-comedy of claim and repudiation.”