Rahul Gandhi attacks Modi over Sino-India standoff; says Chinese know PM is ‘scared’
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Rahul Gandhi mentioned Mr. Modi’s first response to the Chinese incursions was “that nobody has come into India.”
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Saturday launched a scathing assault on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Sino-India border standoff, charging him with being ‘scared’ of the jap neighbour.
Before the stand-off at jap Ladakh, the place the disengagement course of has been accomplished with the withdrawal of troops, weapons and different army {hardware} from the North and South banks of Pangong lake areas, the Chinese “tested the idea in Dokhlam (in 2017),” he mentioned.
“Essentially the Chinese occupied certain strategic areas in our country. They first tested the idea in Dokhlam. They tested the idea to see how would India react and they noticed India did not react. And then they carried out the idea again in Ladakh and also I believe in Arunachal Pradesh,” he mentioned.
Launching his three-day tour of Tamil Nadu forward of the April 6 Assembly polls, the Congress chief, whereas interacting with advocates right here, reiterated his “hum do hamare do” jibe on the ruling dispensation on the Centre.
Speaking intimately over the border standoff, Mr. Gandhi mentioned Mr. Modi’s first response to the Chinese incursions was “that nobody has come into India.” “That indicated to the Chinese that the Prime Minister of India is afraid of them. That is the message he indicated to the Chinese, that he is afraid of them and the Chinese understood it.
And since then the Chinese have negotiated on that precept,” he mentioned.
“They know that the Prime Minister of India cannot stand up to them. Mark my words, our land in Depsang, which is the most important land, is not going to come back to under this government. The Prime Minister will not get that land back. He will pretend everything is sorted out, but India is going to lose that territory,” he charged.
Giving such a message to the Chinese was “very dangerous to the future because the Chinese are not going to stop with Ladakh,” he alleged.
He mentioned the federal government below the Congress “always dealt with the Chinese without any hesitation.” “The Chinese understood very well that India cannot be pushed around. Even in 2013 when the Chinese entered into India, we took action that forced them, forced them to compromise…we went and occupied other spaces,” he mentioned.
“They have now understood the Prime Minister doesn’t have the courage…the Chinese know the Prime Minister is going to compromise,” he added.
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