“Mr 56″ hasn’t said the word ‘China’ for months. Maybe he can start by saying the word ‘China’,” Mr Gandhi said in a tweet.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, in a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi amid ongoing tension with China, accused the centre of adopting policies that weaken the nation, thereby giving China the opportunity to push into its territory.
Rahul Gandhi, questioning PM Modi’s silence on the issue, tweeted: “China is expanding its occupation into Indian territory. Mr 56″ hasn’t said the word ‘China’ for months. Maybe he can start by saying the word ‘China’.”
China is expanding its occupation into Indian territory.
Mr 56” hasn’t said the word ‘China’ for months. Maybe he can start by saying the word ‘China’.
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) January 25, 2021
Mr Gandhi, offering a solution to the “China problem”, also shared a clip from his ongoing Tamil Nadu tour, where he addressed a gathering of small and medium businessmen.
“India’s strength is a strong economy, employed youth and social harmony. Had Mr Modi protected our farmers, labourers, workers instead of hollowing out India by helping his crony capitalist friends, China wouldn’t have had the guts to take our land,” he said.
Mr Gandhi’s criticism came amid reports of a small clash between Indian and Chinese troops in Sikkim, which the army said happened “last week”.
Campaigning in strongholds of Tamil Nadu’s ruling AIADMK, an ally of the BJP, Mr Gandhi on Monday had highlighted the economic impact of demonetisation, GST and fuel price hike on people of the state, where Congress has joined hands with key opposition party the DMK.
If India strengthened itself internally it would have to worry less about external threats, he had said.
The Congress leader, taking a jibe at PM Modi’s “Atmanirbhar Bharat” campaign, said: “If India’s small and medium businesses were strong, Chinese would be driving Indian cars, flying in Indian planes. Why is this not happening?… because of crony capitalism. You (government) are using Indian army, navy and air force to protect our borders. But, if we use labourers, farmers, workers to strengthen ourselves, we won’t need the army. China would not dare enter.”
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