“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 Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the mutual disengagement and withdrawal of Indian and Chinese troops from contested areas alongside the LAC (Line of Actual Control) in jap Ladakh.

Congress chief Randeep Singh Surjewala reminded the Prime Minister of a 2013 tweet, when he was nonetheless Chief Minister of Gujarat.

“Respected Prime Minister, do you remember your words? Do your words mean anything? Will you tell us why our forces are retracting from our land? The country seeks answers,” he wrote.

In May 2013, Prime Minister Modi had tweeted: “China withdraws its forces but I wonder why Indian forces are withdrawing 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 Point 14) in Galwan and pulling again troops from the world. That was accomplished immediately as Chinese forces moved back two kilometres, from the Galwan Valley, Hot Springs and Gogra.

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

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

In a sarcastic response to the re-surfacing of the Prime Minister’s tweet, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor wrote: “I stand with Modiji on this. The PM must answer his question”.

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

— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) July 7, 2020

Mr Tharoor wasn’t the one Congress chief to query the Prime Minister, with Rahul Gandhi accusing the federal government of failing to protect national interest and asking why established order had not been insisted on on the LAC – which means India continues to defend its territory whereas China withdraws past the border

Concerns over Chinese intrusion into Indian territory have been repeatedly flagged by the Congress since skirmishes with PLA (People’s Liberation Army) troopers in May.

The opposition seized upon a press release made by PM Modi throughout an all-party assembly final month, at which he was quoted: “Neither is anyone inside our territory nor is any of our post captured”.

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, who has unleashed a barrage of tweets in current weeks, responded saying the Prime Minister had “surrendered Indian territory to Chinese aggression”,

With enter from PTI