From US, Rahul Gandhi's Fresh Falsity: 'Chinese Troops Occupy Land Size of Delhi in Ladakh'

New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi , Leader of the Opposition has once again made a huge claim on Wednesday regarding the occupation of land in Ladakh by Chinese troops. Speaking at the National Press Club in Washington DC, on Tuesday (local time), Rahul said, "If you call having Chinese troops in 4,000 square kilometres of our territory handling something well, then maybe we have got Chinese troops occupying land the size of Delhi in Ladakh."

He further said that India's handling of this situation is a "disaster." The Congress MP claimed that the media does not cover the development, he added, "How would America react if a neighbour occupied 4000 square kilometres of your territory? Would any president be able to get away with saying that he's handled that well? So I don't think PM Modi handled China well at all. I think there's no reason Chinese troops should be sitting in our territory."

The Congress MP also seized this opportunity to launch an attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi , saying, "So I don't think PM Modi handled China well at all. I see no reason why Chinese troops should be sitting in our territory."

This isn't the first time Rahul has made such claims. Last year the  Leader of the Opposition allegedly accused the Prime Minister of lying to the opposition over the Indo-China border situation in Ladakh.

"China has taken Indian land...thousands of square km...and ironically Indian Prime Minister said at a meeting with the Opposition that not an inch of Indian land was taken,” Rahul had said at a rally in Kargil during his visit to Ladakh.

Rahul's comment was about the PM's comment in June 2020 at an all-party meeting after 20 Indian Army jawans were killed in a clash with China's  People’s Liberation Army in Ladakh’s Galwan Valley.

However, the Prime Minister had told all the party leaders that neither anyone had entered nor was anyone present in Indian territory. 

Rahul Promotes China, Undermines India: BJP Hits Back at Congress MP

During his 3-day visit to the US, Rahul Gandhi praised China, saying that  India, the US, and other countries in the West are facing the problem of unemployment, while Beijing is emerging as a global producer. He added that India has no shortage of skills in India and could compete if it starts aligning itself for production.

Following this, the Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP ) national spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari slammed Gandhi saying that the world is aware of the roaring unemployment crisis in the youth in China. "Does the secret MOU make him deliberately insult India and glorify China?"

Meanwhile, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday accused the Congress leader of promoting Beijing and undermining India.

" Rahul Gandhi promotes China in various ways. Undermining India, he tries to project China as the best nation. But, there is no democracy and no religious freedom for people in China. But, Gandhi doesn't talk about them."

Furthermore, BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said, "... Rahul Gandhi , who claimed to save the Constitution, has said that if they will scrap reservation when the conditions so warrant. The prejudice against reservation Rahul Gandhi has in abundance has been reflected in America... His statements were not off the cuff....,"