Retweet of PM Modi’s old tweets in Tharoor’s reminder on China’s Ladakh aggression

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday retweeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s tweets from the 12 months 2013 and 2014– when Modi was Gujarat chief minister– questioning the then UPA authorities’s China coverage whereas advocating the necessity for a “strong” authorities on the centre.

Tharoor put out a collection of three tweets posted by Modi on May 13, 2013, February 8, 2014 and August 15, 2013 respectively, nevertheless, the Congress chief didn’t submit any feedback alongside along with his re-tweets.

“China withdraws its forces but I wonder why Indian forces are withdrawing from Indian territory? Why did we retreat?,” Modi, then Gujarat chief minister, had requested in a tweet dated May 13, 2013.

On 15 April 2013, a platoon of Chinese troops established an encampment of 4 tents southeast of Daulat Beg Oldi, 19km contained in the Indian territory, triggering a 21-day standoff. Two months later, the identical 12 months, Chinese troopers once more intruded into the Chumar sector in Ladakh on June 17.

“Today security of the nation is under threat. What did China do? They enter our borders and we silently watch,” Modi had tweeted on Independence Day in 2013. Tharoor re-tweeted it seven years afterward Thursday.

Tharoor’s re-tweets come shut on the heels of an offensive by Congress management asking the federal government to elucidate the circumstances of the June 15 conflict between Chinese and Indian Army troopers that led to 20 Indian troopers dropping their lives. According to an estimate by the United States, 33 Chinese troopers additionally misplaced their lives within the violent face off. Indian Army officers declare 43 Chinese troopers have been killed or severely injured, citing radio intercepts and different intelligence.

This is first such lethal conflict between the 2 sides since 1975, when the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China ambushed an Indian patrol in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tulung La sector within the month of October and shot useless 4 troopers.

Earlier right now, Rahul Gandhi requested the federal government to elucidate why Indian troopers have been unarmed in the course of the conflict on the LAC at Galwan Valley.

“China has committed a crime by killing India’s unarmed soldiers. I want to know who sent these unarmed soldiers in the harm’s way and why. Who is responsible,” Rahul Gandhi requested in a video posted on his Twitter account.

In his earlier reactions, Rahul had accused the prime minister and the defence minister of retaining silent on the problem of Chinese aggression and demanded to know ‘how much of Indian territory had been occupied by the Chinese’ in current transgressions.

Tharoor’s closing re-tweet of PM Narendra Modi’s earlier tweets from the 12 months 2013 and 2014, cited Modi’s advocacy for a “strong” authorities on the centre to “change” the routine incidents of getting “troubled” by neighbours.

“A noble nation like ours is being troubled by our neighbours, while the Centre stands helplessly. We need a strong government to change this,” Modi had tweeted on February 8, 2014.

Three and half months later that 12 months, Modi turned the prime minister of India after the BJP stormed into energy – largely driving on his reputation—by successful 282 seats within the Lok Sabha elections.

Yesterday, PM Narendra Modi reacted to the current massacre on the LAC and mentioned that India will “firmly” defend each inch of the nation’s land and its self-respect. He added that whereas India had a coverage of peaceable co-existence with neighbours, valour was equally a part of India’s custom.

PM has referred to as an all social gathering assembly on Friday to debate the present face off on the LAC which has led to India loding a powerful protest with China