‘Not Nehru’s India of 1962, it’s Modi’s new India: BJP hits back after Rahul’s remarks on Chinese threat

India

oi-PTI

New
Delhi,
Dec
17:
Hitting
back
at
Congress
leader
Rahul
Gandhi
for
his
remarks
that
India
is
ignoring
the
threat
of
war
from
China,
the
BJP
on
Friday
said
he
is
trying
to
spread
confusion
and
demoralise
soldiers
and
added
it
is
not
Jawaharlal
Nehru’s
India
of
1962.
”This
is
Modi’s
India,
this
is
new
India.
Now
if
anyone
raises
an
eye
against
the
country
he
gets
a
befitting
reply,” BJP
spokesperson
Rajyavardhan
Singh
Rathore
asserted.

Addressing
the
press
on
the
sidelines
of
his
Bharat
Jodo
Yatra
earlier
in
the
day,
Gandhi
alleged
that
China
is
preparing
for
war
and
the
Indian
government
is
sleeping
over
it
and
trying
to
ignore
the
threat.

Hitting
back,
Rathore
said,
”Rahul
Gandhi
feels
there
should
be
proximity
with
China.
Now
he
has
developed
so
much
proximity
that
he
knows
what
China
will
do.”
”During
his
yatra,
Rahul
Gandhi
has
make
comments
about
Indian
security
and
border
areas
to
spread
confusion
(‘bhram’)
in
the
country
and
demoralise
Indian
soldiers.
This
is
not
India
of
his
great
grandfather
Nehru,
who
lost
37,242
square
km
to
China
while
sleeping,” he
told
a
press
conference
here,
referring
to
the
1962
war
between
India
and
China.

Rahul
blames
AAP
for
Congress’s
Gujarat
election
loss

He
further
said
Gandhi
should
not
make
irresponsible
remarks
about
national
security
in
a
bid
to
”re-launch” himself.

After
Rahul
Gandhi’s
great
grandfather
lost
land
to
China,
Rathore
said,
”now
he
feels
there
should
be
proximity
with
China
and
he
has
developed
so
much
proximity
with
China
that
he
knows
what
China
will
do.”
BJP
IT
department
head
Amit
Malviya
tweeted,
”Every
proud
Indian
has
seen
videos
of
our
men
in
uniform
thrashing
the
Chinese
soldiers,
except
of
course
Rahul
Gandhi,
who
continues
to
doubt
their
valour
just
because
he
signed
an
MoU
with
the
Chinese,
his
family
enjoyed
Chinese
hospitality
and
received
funds
in
RG
Foundation…”
Referring
to
the
Sonia
Gandhi-headed
Rajiv
Gandhi
Foundation,
Rathore
alleged,
”It
was
on
the
payrolls
of
the
Communist
Party
of
China.
Congress
party
signed
an
agreement
with
the
Communist
Party
of
China.”
Rathore,
a
former
Union
minister,
claimed
there
were
a
large
number
of
Chinese
transgressions
during
the
Congress-led
UPA
government
at
the
Centre.

Whereas
there
has
been
a
three-time
increase
in
spending
on
border
infrastructure
since
the
Narendra
Modi
government
assumed
office
in
2014.
The
country
is
now
firmly
guarding
its
borders
and
territory,
he
added.

Earlier
in
the
day,
Gandhi
said,
”I
can
see
the
threat
of
China
very
clearly.
I
have
been
clear
on
this
for
the
last
two-three
years,
but
the
government
is
trying
to
hide
it
and
ignore
it.
This
threat
can
neither
be
hidden
or
ignored.
Going
by
their
full
offensive
preparation
that
is
on
in
Arunachal
Pradesh
and
Ladakh,
the
Indian
government
is
asleep.”
”The
government
does
not
want
to
hear
this
but
their
(China’s)
preparation
is
on.
The
preparation
is
for
war.
It
is
not
for
incursion,
but
for
war.
If
you
look
at
their
weapon
pattern,
what
they
are
doing
—
they
are
preparing
for
war.
Our
government
hides
this
and
is
not
able
to
accept
it,”
the
former
Congress
chief
said.

China
preparing
for
war,
but
our
government
hiding
this
fact:
Rahul
Gandhi

He
said
this
is
happening
because
the
Narendra
Modi
government
does
event-based
work
and
does
not
work
strategically.