Srinagar, Aug 26: BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh, who is also the party incharge of J&K and Ladakh, took strong exception to the “flagrantly misplaced” and “anti-national” statements by senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi regarding the Indian-China relations.
In a statement issued here, Chugh slammed Rahul Gandhi for “misleading the people of Ladakh by creating baseless fear among them and also by saying that China has occupied Indian land”.
He said that under the tenure of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, not even a single inch of land has gone to China. “In fact, it was during the times of the Congress that China encroached on the Indian territory while the then Congress-led government sat quietly on the matter,” he added.
The BJP leader said the statements given by Rahul would only help demoralise the security forces who have been guarding the borders at the cost of their lives. It is unfortunate that a senior Congress leader coming from the Gandhi family is raking up undue controversies on the Indo-China border to play “cheap political games”, he said.
“Rahul’s soft corner for China is known all over the country after he shared a breakfast meeting with the Chinese diplomats in Delhi during the course of the Dolklam crisis. Rahul is only singing to the same tune in Ladakh now,” Chugh added.
