PM Modi govt’s China coverage is ‘DDLJ-Deny, Distract, Lie and Justify’: Congress

By PTI

NEW DELHI: No quantity of obfuscation can disguise the Modi authorities’s failed China coverage and its try to cowl up India’s greatest territorial setback in many years, the Congress alleged on Monday, hitting out at External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar for his latest remarks on the difficulty.

In an announcement, senior Congress chief Jairam Ramesh additionally described the federal government’s technique in coping with the Chinese in Ladakh as “DDLJ- Deny, Distract, Lie and Justify” and Jaishankar’s remarks an implied low-cost shot at former social gathering chief Rahul Gandhi.

During an occasion on Saturday in Pune, Jaishankar had stated some individuals intentionally unfold fallacious information concerning the China problem.

His remarks had been seen as a dig at Gandhi. “No amount of obfuscation can hide the fact that the (Narendra) Modi government has sought to cover up India’s biggest territorial setback in decades that followed Prime Minister Modi’s naive wooing of (Chinese) President Xi (Jinping),” Congress normal secretary, communications, Ramesh stated.

“We suggest that EAM Jaishankar and the government spend more time trying to get Chinese troops out of Depsang and Demchok, and less time on blaming the opposition for their own incompetence,” he stated.

“External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s recent remarks attacking the Congress are simply the latest attempt to divert attention from the Modi government’s failed China policy, the most recent revelation being that since May 2020, India has lost access to 26 of 65 patrolling points in Ladakh,” he stated.

There is not any comparability between 1962, when India went to struggle with China to defend its territory, and 2020, after which India has “acquiesced to Chinese aggression with denials followed by ‘disengagements’ in which India has lost access to thousands of square kilometres of territory”, he stated.

The Congress chief stated that Minister Jaishankar’s implied low-cost shot at Gandhi for assembly the Chinese ambassador in 2017 is ironic to say the least coming from somebody who as ambassador to the US throughout the Obama administration presumably met with main Republicans.

“Are opposition leaders not entitled to meet diplomats from countries that are important from a trade, investment and security standpoint,” he requested.

Rather, he stated, the Modi authorities ought to have been “truthful” from the beginning and brought the Opposition into confidence by discussing the China problem in parliamentary standing committees and debating it in Parliament.

He famous that at a really minimal, it ought to have held detailed briefings for leaders of main political events.

The exterior affairs minister, when requested on the Saturday occasion about some leaders of political events missing confidence in India whereas talking about China, had stated there are some individuals within the Opposition who’ve such considering which he finds obscure.

Sometimes such individuals unfold fallacious information or details about China on function, Jaishankar had stated with out taking names.

“If you need to ask why they haven’t any confidence, why are they deceptive individuals, why they unfold the fallacious ‘khabar’ (information) about China? How can I reply these questions? Because I do know they’re additionally doing politics.

Sometimes they intentionally unfold such information that they know will not be true,” he had stated whereas interacting with the viewers in Pune in a question-answer session throughout the launch of ‘Bharat Marg’, the Marathi translation of his e book ‘The India Way’.

“Sometimes, they talk about some land, which was taken by China in 1962. But they will not tell you the truth. They will give you the impression that this thing happened yesterday,” the minister had stated.

Jaishankar had additionally stated generally some individuals say there’s “soch me kami” (lack of awareness) in him however in that case, he’ll method the army management, Army, or Intelligence.

“I will not call the Chinese ambassador and seek information,” he stated referring to Gandhi’s assembly with him.

Gandhi had final September stated Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given “100 square kilometres of Indian territory” to China “without a fight,” and requested the federal government how it is going to be retrieved.

NEW DELHI: No quantity of obfuscation can disguise the Modi authorities’s failed China coverage and its try to cowl up India’s greatest territorial setback in many years, the Congress alleged on Monday, hitting out at External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar for his latest remarks on the difficulty.

In an announcement, senior Congress chief Jairam Ramesh additionally described the federal government’s technique in coping with the Chinese in Ladakh as “DDLJ- Deny, Distract, Lie and Justify” and Jaishankar’s remarks an implied low-cost shot at former social gathering chief Rahul Gandhi.

During an occasion on Saturday in Pune, Jaishankar had stated some individuals intentionally unfold fallacious information concerning the China problem.

His remarks had been seen as a dig at Gandhi. “No amount of obfuscation can hide the fact that the (Narendra) Modi government has sought to cover up India’s biggest territorial setback in decades that followed Prime Minister Modi’s naive wooing of (Chinese) President Xi (Jinping),” Congress normal secretary, communications, Ramesh stated.

“We suggest that EAM Jaishankar and the government spend more time trying to get Chinese troops out of Depsang and Demchok, and less time on blaming the opposition for their own incompetence,” he stated.

“External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s recent remarks attacking the Congress are simply the latest attempt to divert attention from the Modi government’s failed China policy, the most recent revelation being that since May 2020, India has lost access to 26 of 65 patrolling points in Ladakh,” he stated.

There is not any comparability between 1962, when India went to struggle with China to defend its territory, and 2020, after which India has “acquiesced to Chinese aggression with denials followed by ‘disengagements’ in which India has lost access to thousands of square kilometres of territory”, he stated.

The Congress chief stated that Minister Jaishankar’s implied low-cost shot at Gandhi for assembly the Chinese ambassador in 2017 is ironic to say the least coming from somebody who as ambassador to the US throughout the Obama administration presumably met with main Republicans.

“Are opposition leaders not entitled to meet diplomats from countries that are important from a trade, investment and security standpoint,” he requested.

Rather, he stated, the Modi authorities ought to have been “truthful” from the beginning and brought the Opposition into confidence by discussing the China problem in parliamentary standing committees and debating it in Parliament.

He famous that at a really minimal, it ought to have held detailed briefings for leaders of main political events.

The exterior affairs minister, when requested on the Saturday occasion about some leaders of political events missing confidence in India whereas talking about China, had stated there are some individuals within the Opposition who’ve such considering which he finds obscure.

Sometimes such individuals unfold fallacious information or details about China on function, Jaishankar had stated with out taking names.

“If you need to ask why they haven’t any confidence, why are they deceptive individuals, why they unfold the fallacious ‘khabar’ (information) about China? How can I reply these questions? Because I do know they’re additionally doing politics.

Sometimes they intentionally unfold such information that they know will not be true,” he had stated whereas interacting with the viewers in Pune in a question-answer session throughout the launch of ‘Bharat Marg’, the Marathi translation of his e book ‘The India Way’.

“Sometimes, they talk about some land, which was taken by China in 1962. But they will not tell you the truth. They will give you the impression that this thing happened yesterday,” the minister had stated.

Jaishankar had additionally stated generally some individuals say there’s “soch me kami” (lack of awareness) in him however in that case, he’ll method the army management, Army, or Intelligence.

“I will not call the Chinese ambassador and seek information,” he stated referring to Gandhi’s assembly with him.

Gandhi had final September stated Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given “100 square kilometres of Indian territory” to China “without a fight,” and requested the federal government how it is going to be retrieved.