Rahul assaults Modi over Sino-India standoff; says Chinese know PM is ‘scared’

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 and took a swipe at him for being solely ‘useful to two people.’ Launching his three-day Tamil Nadu tour forward of the April 6 meeting elections, he attacked Modi, BJP and the RSS on plenty of points, together with the autumn of Congress-led governments in Madhya Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh, alleging that they have been ‘bought’ by the saffron celebration.
Interacting with advocates right here, the Wayanad Lok Sabha MP reiterated his ‘hum do hamare do’ jibe on the ruling dispensation on the Centre.

Gandhi stated that earlier than 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).’ ‘Essentially the Chinese occupied sure strategic areas in our nation. They first examined the concept in Dokhlam.
They examined the concept to see how would India react and so they seen India didn’t react. And then they carried out the concept once more in Ladakh and in addition I consider in Arunachal Pradesh,’ he stated.
Speaking intimately over the border standoff, Gandhi stated 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 terrified of them.. they understood it.
And since then the Chinese have negotiated on that precept,’ he stated.
‘They know that the Prime Minister of India can’t stand as much as them. Mark my phrases, our land in Depsang, which is an important land, will not be going to come back again to below this authorities.
The Prime Minister won’t get that land again. He will faux every little thing is sorted out, however India goes 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 stated 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 stated.
‘They have now understood the Prime Minister doesn’t have the braveness…the Chinese know the Prime Minister goes to compromise,’ he added.
To a query, he stated Prime Minister Modi was helpful to ‘two people.’ ‘The Prime Minister–the question is not whether he is useful or useless– the question is to who is he useful to–I am useful to farmers of this country, poor people, woman and youngsters.’ ‘Narendra Modi is beneficial to 2 folks. He is extraordinarily helpful as a result of these two individuals are utilizing the Prime Minister of India to extend their wealth dramatically.
When the time comes they may throw him like that…. he’s ineffective to the poor folks. He may be very helpful to hum do hamare do,’ Gandhi lashed out.
On the autumn of party-led governments earlier in Madhya Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh, apart from Puducherry not too long ago, he stated that Congress has to win by a two-thirds majority to remain sturdy.
‘If the Congress wins by 10-15 seats (margin) it is not a win, it is a loss, because BJP just buys people. That is what we are facing,’ he stated.
‘If we look at Madhya Pradesh, attempt in Rajasthan, Goa, attempt going on in Jharkhand, Puducherry, Arunachal–these are all Congress governments. People gave us the mandate. The concentration of capital took the mandate away from us.’ He stated he was conscious of the quantity of the ‘massive money thrown’ at MLAs in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.
To a query, he stated he was fortunate to have the nice sense in his complete political profession to be an sincere particular person.
‘They can’t contact me, no ED, no CBI, nothing goes to have an effect on me. That is why BJP 24/7 assaults me and is aware of this man will not be corrupt and it has no leverage on me,’ he stated.
Every establishment, together with the judiciary, was both below assault or was ‘penetrated’ by the BJP and RSS within the final six years, he stated and batted for a minimal cooling interval for judges to get post-retirement appointments.
‘We have seen examples where judges have taken decisions that the government wants and then they are given plum posts,’ he charged.
Democracy was ‘dead’ within the nation, he stated and blamed the RSS. Misuse of sedition legal guidelines, threatening and killing of individuals have been the signs of the issue, he added.
There was additionally a ‘full scale assault’ on secularism.
Such points might be addressed solely with ‘mass action’ involving folks. It was occurring exterior Delhi, he stated, referring to the farmers’ agitation in opposition to the brand new Central farm legal guidelines.
He reiterated his opposition to the Citizenship Amendment Act and the farm legal guidelines. The agriculture system have to be reformed, however not by destroying it, he added.
He additionally highlighted the necessity for Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) to be open to scrutiny and ‘random’ checks.

Later, interacting with salt pan employees, he recalled his celebration’s poll-time promise of offering Rs 72,000 below the Nyay scheme and guaranteed to implement it if voted to energy.
He stated it was unusual that individuals who eat salt hardly realise how it’s made or the difficulties of salt pan employees.

‘People don’t even realise there may be salt within the vaccine photographs they get as you could have talked about…’ he added.
The Congress chief additionally visited a salt pan.