After Rahul Gandhi claimed that China is preparing for war against India, the BJP leader Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore on Friday launched a scathing attack on the Congress leader questioning his alleged “closeness” with the Chinese.
Gandhi, during a press conference in Rajasthan, had flagged a “clear threat from China” and claimed that the neighbouring country is “preparing for war” and alleged that the Centre is “hiding and not accepting it”. “There is a clear threat from China. The government is trying to hide it and ignore it. But that threat cannot be ignored or hidden. China is making offensive preparation on the side of Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh. The Indian government is in slumber. It doesn’t want to hear it. China is preparing for war, not for an incursion. If you see the pattern of their weapons, they are preparing for war. Our government is hiding it and is not accepting it,” Gandhi said.
Reacting sharply to the Congress leader’s claims, BJP leader Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore highlighted the “donations” that Rajiv Gandhi Foundation received from the Communist Party of China.
“Rahul Gandhi spreads confusion and rumours when he talks about makes wrong comments on the Indian Army, and national security. He says a lot of things which is not objectionable. Rahul Gandhi’s maternal grandfather was sleeping when India lost 37,000 sq km to China. He has become so close to China that he knows what it is going to do next. Like he said that China is preparing for war. How did the closeness grow? He made such an agreement with the Communist Party of China that the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation came under the payroll of China,” Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore alleged.
“Chinese Embassy gave a donation of Rs 1.35 crore to the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation in 2005. What was the need? In 2011, they took an amount of Rs 50 lakh from Zakir Naik’s Foundation. In 2008, they signed an MoU with the Communist Party of China that both parties would deliberate on how to run the country. These show the closeness with China,” Rathore added.
Claiming that the Chinese army intruded 600 times between 2008 and 2013 when there was a Congress government, the BJP leader said that they were “accustomed” to intruding.
“The Chinese Army intruded 600 times between 2008 and 2013 when there was a Congress government. They have become accustomed. That they can come in and they won’t find the Indian Army there. Even if Army would be there, they would not have any clear instructions from the Centre to fight against the Chinese army. Congress conspired to make such an India which cannot stand up against anybody,” he alleged.
Alleging that Rahul Gandhi had met with the Chinese Ambassador during the Doklam standoff, Rathore questioned about the purpose of the meeting.
“When Doklam happened and the Indian Army was pushing the Chinese army back, they were secretly having meeting at the Chinese Embassy. What were the talks happening?,” he said.
