Modi trying to suppress reports of Chinese activity in Arunachal: Rahul Gandhi
Says BJP govt is damaging India’s reputation
New Delhi : Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi has said it was “alarming” that China was stopping Indian forces from patrolling in Arunachal Pradesh, questioning what Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his top colleagues were doing about the situation.
According to Kashmir Media Service, speaking at a Congress event in Delhi, Gandhi said, “China is preventing us from patrolling our areas in Arunachal Pradesh. Narendra Modi, Rajnath Sing and Amit Shah have been knocked off their stride. What are they doing? They are calling up media editors and trying to suppress this news.”
“They are damaging the country’s reputation,” he added.
Gandhi’s allegations came amid reports that Chinese troops had denied access to Indian forces for patrolling near Taksing, in Upper Subansiri district of Arunachal Pradesh.
Recently, a regional fact-finding team also raised concerns about Chinese activity at what it described designated Indian patrolling points, including the Shera 5 Point, further alleging that the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) were steadily expanding control over Indian grazing and hunting grounds along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
Notably, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun recently reiterated that Zangnan is Chinese territory and that it has never recognized the so-called ‘Arunachal Pradesh’ illegally set up by India, amid renewed border tensions.
Referring to the 2020-21 clashes between India and China along the LAC in Galwan Valley, Ladakh, the Congress leader said that at the time, the prime minister weakened India’s position by denying any Chinese “intrusion”.
“The Army is saying that land has been taken but the Chinese negotiator says that your Prime Minister is saying it is not so. So, they have destroyed the country internally, foreign policy has been destroyed and they have done this to finance their political structure and take money from Mr Adani,” Gandhi said.
He further slammed Modi, saying hugging world leaders ‘was not equal to foreign policy and reinforcing Indian interests’, adding that Modi was also left to watch how Pakistan walked away with the mediator’s role in the US-Iran conflict.
Urging the people not to be fearful of fighting the Modi government and BJP, Gandhi said, “We won’t let Narendra Modi and Amit Shah sleep until they resign.”
