By PTI
JAIPUR: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi alleged on Friday that China is making ready for struggle and the Indian authorities is sleeping over it and attempting to disregard the menace.
He additionally alleged that China has taken away 2,000 sq. kilometres of Indian territory, killed 20 Indian troopers and is “thrashing our jawans in Arunachal Pradesh”.
“I can see the threat of China very clearly. I have been clear on this for the last two-three years, but the government is trying to hide it and ignore it. This threat can neither be hidden or ignored. Going by their full offensive preparation that is on in Arunachal Pradesh and Ladakh, the Indian government is asleep,” Gandhi informed a press convention right here.
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“The government does not want to hear this but their (China’s) preparation is on. The preparation is for war. It is not for incursion, but for war. If you look at their weapon pattern, what they are doing — they are preparing for war. Our government hides this and is not able to accept it,” the previous Congress chief stated.
He stated that is occurring as a result of the Narendra Modi authorities does event-based work and doesn’t work strategically.
“They think in terms of event management but where geostrategy is involved, event-based action does not work, power works there. I have said three-four times that we should be careful and understand what is happening. They keep making statements, I see the external affairs minister keeps making remarks, I should not say it, but he should deepen his understanding,” Gandhi stated.
The Congress has been accusing the BJP-led authorities of succumbing to stress from China and never taking up the neighbouring nation after its frequent transgressions on the border.
The opposition get together has been saying that the prime minister ought to tackle China and deal with the border points with it strongly by trying “eye to eye”.
The Congress has additionally been in search of a dialogue in Parliament on the border challenge and Chinese transgressions on the border.
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JAIPUR: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi alleged on Friday that China is making ready for struggle and the Indian authorities is sleeping over it and attempting to disregard the menace.
He additionally alleged that China has taken away 2,000 sq. kilometres of Indian territory, killed 20 Indian troopers and is “thrashing our jawans in Arunachal Pradesh”.
“I can see the threat of China very clearly. I have been clear on this for the last two-three years, but the government is trying to hide it and ignore it. This threat can neither be hidden or ignored. Going by their full offensive preparation that is on in Arunachal Pradesh and Ladakh, the Indian government is asleep,” Gandhi informed a press convention right here.
ALSO READ | China must revisit assumption that Indian army response will stay indefinitely low: Gokhale
“The government does not want to hear this but their (China’s) preparation is on. The preparation is for war. It is not for incursion, but for war. If you look at their weapon pattern, what they are doing — they are preparing for war. Our government hides this and is not able to accept it,” the previous Congress chief stated.
He stated that is occurring as a result of the Narendra Modi authorities does event-based work and doesn’t work strategically.
“They think in terms of event management but where geostrategy is involved, event-based action does not work, power works there. I have said three-four times that we should be careful and understand what is happening. They keep making statements, I see the external affairs minister keeps making remarks, I should not say it, but he should deepen his understanding,” Gandhi stated.
The Congress has been accusing the BJP-led authorities of succumbing to stress from China and never taking up the neighbouring nation after its frequent transgressions on the border.
The opposition get together has been saying that the prime minister ought to tackle China and deal with the border points with it strongly by trying “eye to eye”.
The Congress has additionally been in search of a dialogue in Parliament on the border challenge and Chinese transgressions on the border.
READ HERE | India blames China of attempting to change ‘established order’, Beijing downplays Arunachal border conflict
