Congress leader P Chidambaram today described as "puzzling" Modi government's decision to extend e-visa facility to China, which is still giving stapled visas to people from Jammu and Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh.


"It is a puzzling decision. You have offered e-visa to China," Chidambaram told PTI.   Ignoring concerns of the intelligence agencies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced during his China visit that India will grant e-visas to Chinese tourists, making it the 77th country to get such a facility.


Disagreeing with Modi's decision, the former Finance Minister sought to know the justification for such a decision.


"China continues to issue stapled visa for people from Arunachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. How do you reconcile to these two things? China not willing to give visa to Indian citizens from Arunachal and Jammu and Kashmir. What is the justification of giving e-visa to China?" he asked.


Modi made the announcement while addressing students and faculty at the prestigious Tsinghua University in Beijing on May 15.