Dehradun. Hitting back at Rahul Gandhi’s allegations that China and Pakistan became friends due to the wrong policies of the Narendra Modi government, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said that the friendship between the two countries dates back to the days of Nehru and it grew during the time of Congress governments. Was.
Campaigning for the BJP candidate at Gangolihat in Pithoragarh for the February 14 assembly elections in Uttarakhand, Singh said the remarks showed that the Congress leader had not even read the history of independent India. Gandhi had recently in Parliament accused the central government of bringing China and Pakistan closer due to its wrong policies.
He said, “During the discussion on the President’s address in Parliament, Gandhi said that China and Pakistan became friends due to the wrong policies of the central government. Perhaps he has never even read the history of independent India. The ancient history would not have been read at all. Wouldn’t even read medieval history.”
Singh said, “Pakistan had illegal occupation of Shaksgam valley and when it handed it over to China, then the Prime Minister of India was Jawaharlal Nehru. The Prime Minister at that time was Indira Gandhi. When the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor started being built in 2013, there was a Congress government at that time.
He also accused the Congress of misleading the people to get their support. Singh also attacked Rahul Gandhi over his remarks on the Galwan Valley clash. “An investigative journalist from Australia recently found that at least 38-50 Chinese soldiers were killed in the Galwan conflict,” he said. The Defense Minister said that people should not forgive parties like Congress. (agency)