Reacting to China's unfurling of its national flag at the Galwan Valley, Minister of State for External Affairs Meenakshi Lekhi on Tuesday said the Indian military is handling the situation and China is getting a "befitting response".

This is the first official response from the Ministry of External Affairs on the issue.

"Indian military is handling the situation. I do not want to speak. China is getting a befitting response," Meenakshi Lekhi said.

On January 1, China laid claim to the Galwan Valley once again by unfurling its national flag. Videos of the event were put out by various Chinese government mouthpieces.

When asked about reports of construction of a bridge by China on the Pangong Lake, Meenakshi Lekhi said, "If China does anything, we will give a befitting response."

Meenakshi Lekhi also hit out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his tweet questioning the Centre over China's flag hoisting at Galwan Valley.

"I do not respond to such tweets. His own mother met the Chinese in Thailand. What is he talking about?" Meenakhshi Lekhi said.

"Modi government is responding to the issue well. The issue is not mine. Military will respond to it," she added.

In his tweet, Rahul Gandhi had asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to "break the silence" over the Chinese "incursions" in Galwan.

"Our tricolour looks good in Galwan. There should be a response to China. Modiji, break the silence," Rahul Gandhi said in the tweet.

(With inputs from agencies)