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However, panel members from the ruling party termed the demand an act of politics and said it wouldn't be feasible to call the meeting when the country is grappling with the coronavirus crisis. Following the incident, members from various opposition parties demanded that a meeting of the standing committee on external affairs be called to discuss the matter. RSP MP NK Premchandran, a member of the panel, said a meeting has to be called on the standoff between India and China. Foreign secretary and defense secretary should be invited to brief the panel on the violence faceoff," Premchandran told PTI. Wondering why MPs from opposition parties didn't demand a meeting of the standing committee amid the coronavirus pandemic, she asserted that "there is definitely politics behind this meeting (call)..