Rijiju in a tweet said: "The biggest river of our country, the mighty Brahmaputra, is known as Siang in Arunachal Pradesh. It enters our motherland India near Gelling. Joined 'Brahmaputra Aamantran Abhiyaan' at Tuting organised by the Ministry of Jal Shakti
This has been done in accordance with the directions of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, issued during the director generals of police conference in 2015 in Kutch, Gujarat.
The India-China border dispute covers the 3,488-km-long Line of Actual Control (LAC). China claims Arunachal Pradesh as part of southern Tibet, while India contests it.