New Delhi: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi has alleged that the essential concept behind the Chinese troops on the Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh borders is analogous to what’s occurring in Ukraine, including that he talked about this to Foreign Minister S Jaishankar however he disagreed terming it a “ludicrous idea”. The Congress MP, who’s in London as of late, made these remarks throughout an interplay on the Chatham House.
He stated, “In my view, the basic idea behind the troops in Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh is similar to what is happening in Ukraine. I mentioned this to the Foreign Minister (S Jaishankar) but he completely disagrees with me and thinks it is a ludicrous idea.”
Comparing the Indian borders to that of Ukraine, the Congress chief stated, “The basic principle that has been applied in Ukraine is that Russia has told Ukraine that we do not accept your relationship with Europe and America and if you do not change this relationship, we will challenge your territorial integrity.”
“I think this is what is happening on the borders of my country. China doesn`t want us to have a relationship with the US. It is threatening us by saying if you continue to have a relationship then we`ll take action. That is why they have got troops in Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh,” Rahul Gandhi added.Â
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BJP Will Not Be In Power Eternally: Rahul Â
During his interplay, Rahul Gandhi additionally attacked the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on the Centre, saying the occasion likes to consider it is going to be in energy in India eternally however that isn’t the case. And to say the Congress is “gone” is a ridiculous concept, Opposition MP Rahul Gandhi stated in London on Monday.
Addressing an in-conversation session on the Chatham House suppose tank on Monday night to spherical off his week-long UK tour, Gandhi additionally pinpointed the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) authorities’s lack of concentrate on a shifting nature of the political discourse in India as the important thing issue behind its failure.
“To put it in perspective, if you look at the time from independence to now, the Congress party has been in power for the majority of the time,” he stated. “Before the BJP was in power for 10 years, we were in power for 10 years. The BJP likes to believe that they have come to power in India and they are going to be in power eternally, that is not the case,” the Congress chief added.
The BJP-led authorities got here to energy in India in 2014. Gandhi, the MP from Kerala’s Wayanad, pointed to a set of modifications going down in India that had caught the Congress and the UPA authorities off guard, comparable to a shift from rural to city.
“We were focusing a lot on the rural space and we missed the ball at the beginning on the urban space, that is a fact. Those things are there. But to say that the BJP is in power and the Congress gone, that is actually a ridiculous idea,” he stated.
Rahul Maligning India’s Image: BJPÂ
The BJP has accused Gandhi of maligning India on overseas soil whereas praising China. Union minister Anurag Thakur hit out on the Congress chief on Monday for his remarks and requested him to not betray the nation.
“Don’t betray India, Rahul Gandhiji. The objections to India’s foreign policy are evidence of your scant understanding of the issue. No one will believe the lies you spread about India from foreign soil,” Thakur advised reporters in New Delhi.Â
