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A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave an interview to the American magazine Newsweek and opened up on the relations with China, Congress veteran Jairam Ramesh on Thursday said that PM Modi’s reaction to the China issue is an ‘insult to the martyrs.
Taking to X, Ramesh wrote, “The Prime Minister’s reaction on the China issue is not only shameful but also an insult to our martyrs who made the supreme sacrifice while protecting our borders,” he wrote.
The Congress leader was commenting on the India-China row in 2020, that led to the death of 20 Indian soldiers in a skirmish near the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
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Speaking an apology from PM Modi, Ramesh said, “The Prime Minister should apologize to 140 crore Indians for his statement on national television on June 19, 2020, ‘Neither anyone has entered nor anyone has entered’ and for deceiving the country by hiding his failures in protecting the border with China.”
Among other things, the Congress leader alleged that Prime Minister crossed all limits of cowardice during the interview. He wrote, “In his interview to the American magazine Newsweek, the Prime Minister crossed all limits of cowardice. China is repeatedly violating India’s sovereignty but the Prime Minister’s only comment on this was that the long-standing situation on our border needs to be resolved immediately so that the ‘aberration’ in bilateral talks can be left behind.”
Ramesh was of the opinion that PM Modi lost the opportunity to to send a strong message to China.
“But his ineffective and weak response is likely to encourage China further to stake its claim on Indian land,” he said.
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Published: 11 Apr 2024, 03:33 PM IST
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