“Do You Remember?” Congress Digs Out PM Modi’s 2013 Tweet On India-China

New Delhi:

The Congress dug into the historical past books on Tuesday to take a swipe at High Minister Narendra Modi over the mutual disengagement and withdrawal of Indian and Chinese language troops from contested spaces alongside the LAC (Line of Exact Keep an eye on) in jap Ladakh.

Congress chief Randeep Singh Surjewala reminded the High Minister of a 2013 tweet, when he was once nonetheless Leader Minister of Gujarat.

“Revered High Minister, do you keep in mind your phrases? Do your phrases imply anything else? Will you let us know why our forces are retracting from our land? The rustic seeks solutions,” he wrote.

In Might 2013, High Minister Modi had tweeted: “China withdraws its forces however I’m wondering why Indian forces are taking flight from Indian territory? Why did we retreat?”

आदरणीय प्रधान मंत्री जी,

क्या आपके शब्द याद हैं?

क्या आपके शब्दों के कोई मायने हैं?

क्या बताएँगे की अब हमारी फ़ोर्स हमारी सरज़मीं से क्यों पीछे हट रही हैं?

देश जबाब माँगता है। pic.twitter.com/M6RgEfK7sQ

— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) July 7, 2020

On Sunday, China started dismantling camps at PP 14 (Patrol Level 14) in Galwan and pulling again troops from the realm. That was once finished these days as Chinese forces moved back two kilometres, from the Galwan Valley, Sizzling Springs and Gogra.

The Army reciprocated by moving its soldiers back by means of a identical distance, regardless of being already firmly inside of Indian territory, to create a buffer zone between the troops of both sides.

In reality, satellite tv for pc pictures bought by means of NDTV closing month confirmed that regardless of its declare on the contrary, it was once China who had intruded – by 423 metres – into India’s territory.

In a sarcastic reaction to the re-surfacing of the High Minister’s tweet, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor wrote: “I stand with Modiji in this. The PM should solution his query”.

I stand with Modiji in this. PM should solution his query! https://t.co/xauOoFONvh

— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) July 7, 2020

Mr Tharoor wasn’t the one Congress chief to query the High Minister, with Rahul Gandhi accusing the federal government of failing to protect national interest and asking why established order had no longer been insisted on on the LAC – that means India continues to shield its territory whilst China withdraws past the border

Issues over Chinese language intrusion into Indian territory were time and again flagged by means of the Congress since skirmishes with PLA (Folks’s Liberation Military) infantrymen in Might.

The opposition seized upon a commentary made by means of PM Modi all over an all-party assembly closing month, at which he was once quoted: “Nor is someone within our territory neither is any of our put up captured”.

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, who has unleashed a barrage of tweets in contemporary weeks, replied pronouncing the High Minister had “surrendered Indian territory to Chinese language aggression”,

With enter from PTI