‘Modi sarkar’s version of DDLJ’: Jairam Ramesh replies to Union Minister Jaishankar over Chinese incursions
In a rebuttal to S Jaishankar’s recent jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s statements on the Chinese incursions along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), party general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh Monday said that the Union Minister’s remarks were “the latest attempt to divert attention from the Modi government’s failed China policy”.
“Since May 2020, the Modi government’s preferred strategy to deal with the Chinese incursions in Ladakh has been summed up with DDLJ – Deny, Distract, Lie, Justify. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s recent remarks attacking the Congress party are simply the latest attempt to divert attention from the Modi government’s failed China policy, the most recent revelation being that since May 2020 India has lost access to 26 of 65 patrolling points in Ladakh,” the parliamentarian claimed in a statement.
The External Affairs Minister had Saturday alleged that some people were deliberately spreading wrong news about the China issue for politics, news agency PTI reported. He made the remarks, viewed as a dig at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, while interacting with the audience in Pune in a question-answer session during the launch of ‘Bharat Marg’, the Marathi translation of his book ‘The India Way’.
“Sometimes, they talk about some land, which was taken by China in 1962. But they will not tell you the truth. They will give you the impression that this thing happened yesterday,” PTI quoted the Union Minister as saying.
