New Delhi: Amid the escalating Border tensions between India and China, Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi stepped up attacks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi while urging him to take the nation into confidence over the extent of territories occupied by Chinese troops.
The video messages came in the wake of party's nationwide demonstration, 'Shaheedon ko Salaam Divas', against the Central Government while paying homage to the martyred soldiers who laid their lives during the violent face-off with Chinese troops in Galwan Valley.
"The entire country is standing together with the army and government. But a critical question remains. A few days ago, the Prime Minister said, 'No one has taken an inch of Indian land; no one is inside Indian territory' but we are hearing, satellite photos have shown, people in Ladakh and retired Generals saying that China has snatched our land. Not in one place but three," said Rahul Gandhi in the video.
He further added, "Mr Prime Minister, you have to speak the truth to the country. Don't be afraid. If you deny the fact, it will benefit China. We have to fight them together and kick them out.
"Rahul Gandhi has sharpened his attacks against the Government since the violent face-off took place at Galwan Valley in which 20 Indian Soldiers were martyred. As a parting shot in his video, Gandhi added, "And the last question, who sent our martyrs unarmed and why?"
Repeating the same claims, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra attacked the Government, "The country must know what matters what talked about when PM Modi was befriending Chinese politician such that China is able to grab our lands.
"The country needs to know, why soldiers were sent unarmed to the border? You cannot gift our land to China. We will not let it happen. The country needs to know, who gave China permission to enter our land why they did that?" she added.
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