Updated: September 16, 2020 6:29:07 pm
The former head of Congress, Rahul Gandhi. (File photo)
Congressional leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday attacked the Center for claiming there had been no infiltration along the China-India border in the past six months and asked the Narendra Modi government to clarify whether it was with the military. Indian or with China. Gandhi’s scathing attack comes after Minister of State for Internal Affairs Nityanand Rai, in a written response to a question in the Rajya Sabha, denied any infiltration by China in the past six months.
“Understand the chronology: PM said, nobody crossed the border. Then he took a huge loan from a China-based bank. Then, Defense Minister said – China occupied our land. Now, says MOS Home, there is no infiltration. Is the Modi government with the Indian army or with China? Modi hee, why are you so scared? ”He asked in a tweet.
Understand the chronology:
?? PM said- nobody crossed the border
?? Then he took a huge loan from a China-based bank
?? So said Def Min- China occupied our land
Now, says MOS Home, there is no infiltration.Is Modi Govt with the Indian Army or with China?
Modi hee, why are you so scared?
– Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) September 16, 2020
The “understand the timeline” comment is being viewed as a veiled excavation to Union Interior Minister Amit Shah, whose comment “aap timeline samjhiye”In the National Registry of Citizens it had provoked criticism from the Opposition.
Hours earlier, in a written response to a question on Rajya Sabha, Nityanand Rai said that there was no infiltration along the China-India border in the past six months, while 47 infiltration offers were reported throughout the Indo-Pak border during the period. .
Congressional spokesman Pawan Khera said the government had once again fined China for claiming there was no intrusion into LAC and asked it to clarify the situation at the border. He also said the nation was “shocked” by such “blatant duplicity” by the Modi government in handling China’s territorial aggression.
“This is an insult to the martyrdom of our brave soldiers on the night of June 15 in the Galwan Valley. Is the government trying to say that the Galwan confrontation occurred on Chinese soil? By saying so, is the government blaming the Indian army for invading enemy territory? ”, PTI quoted Khera.
“The government should clarify the factual situation on the eastern border so that a clear message reaches the world that India and its government support the Indian army and will not legitimize China’s claims on our territory,” he added.
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The declarations of the government of the leader of Congress have allowed China to claim and tell the world that they are not the aggressor, but that India is. The government’s response dilutes the determination of India and its powerful military to protect every inch of our precious territory, she said.
The war of words comes even when Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday that China had violated all bilateral peacekeeping agreements at the borders by transgression attempts in various places in the western sector, including Kongka La, Ghogra and the North Bank of Pangong Tso.
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