New Delhi:
Rahul Gandhi may not be in the country while Parliament is being held, but the congressional deputy has continued his attacks on the Narendra Modi government over the border confrontation between India and China.
Mr Gandhi, who accompanied his mother Sonia Gandhi when she flew in last week for a medical checkup, tweeted: “Aap samajhiye timeline (Please understand the chronology) “and claimed that days before Prime Minister Modi said that China had not entered Indian territory, the government” took a huge loan from a bank based in China. “
The tweet was doubled as a blow to Interior Minister Amit Shah, who used the same phrase last year about the controversial CAA and NRC programs.
“Aap samajhiye timeline (Please understand the chronology). The prime minister said that no one entered the border … Then he took a huge loan from a bank based in China … Then the defense minister said that China had invaded … Now the Minister of State for Home said there is no invasion, “Gandhi tweeted.
“Is Modi’s government from the Indian army or from China? ModiHeeWhy so scared? “I ask.
Understand the chronology:
???? PM said: no one crossed the border
???? Then he took a huge loan from a China-based bank
???? So, Def Min said: China occupied our land
???? Now MOS Home says: 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
In June, Prime Minister Modi, after the Galwan violence, said: “No one has intruded on our territory or taken over any position,” a comment that Congress considers to indicate that China had crossed LAC, because the alternative was that India had crossed it. .
The government immediately produced a clarification.
According to the Reuters news agency, around the same time the government obtained a $ 750 million loan from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) backed by Beijing in June. The money was to help India fight the coronavirus pandemic, Reuters reported.
Since then, the government has cracked down on trade deals with China, including a ban on mobile phone apps made in China and the revocation of tenders with Chinese companies.
This morning, the Interior Ministry told Parliament that no infiltration has been reported along LAC (Line of Royal Control, the de facto border with China) in the last six months. However, this appeared to contradict Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, who yesterday said that China had made attempts in mid-May.
Gandhi has been a vocal critic of the Narendra Modi government.
On Tuesday, he tweeted after the defense minister’s statement, urging him to “not be afraid to take China’s name.” Earlier this year he accused the prime minister of “surrendering” to the Chinese and has since frequently alleged that the government is trying to mislead people on this issue.
India and China have been embroiled in a serious border clash since skirmishes were reported in Ladakh’s Pangong Lake region in May.
Multiple conversations at different levels, from the military to the ministerial, have so far failed to calm the situation. The foreign ministers of the two countries met in Moscow last week and drew up a five-point plan to solve the long-standing problem.
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