Rahul targets PM Modi over eastern Ladakh standoff

Delhi | Friday | 24th September, 2021

Summary:

New Delhi, Sep 24 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleging that he is "scared" of China.

"Mr 56-inch is scared of China," he said on Twitter, putting out a short video clip detailing the events at the border with China.

The video, titled "chronology samajhiye" (understand the chronology), is a compilation of news reports on the Sino-India military standoff that erupted in eastern Ladakh on May 5 last year.

The 54-second video also showed the chronology of the events in eastern Ladakh since the standoff broke out.

Gandhi and his Congress party have been critical of Prime Minister Modi"s policy on China.

India on Friday asserted that the "provocative behaviour and unilateral" attempts by the Chinese side to alter the status quo in eastern Ladakh resulted in serious disturbance of peace and tranquillity in the mountainous region.