PM Modi sent Army to LAC not Rahul Gandhi, says EAM Jaishankar
The HinduHitting back at Rahul Gandhi who has been targeting the government over China's aggression on the LAC in eastern Ladakh, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on February 21 said that it is not the Congress leader but Prime Minister Narendra Modi who sent the Army to the Line of Actual Control as a countermeasure to troop deployment by China and the Opposition party should have the honesty to look at what happened in 1962. In an interview with ANI, Dr. Jaishankar said the Modi Government had increased the Budget by five times to ramp up border infrastructure. Asked about the Congress party's allegation that the Modi Government is defensive and reactive on the China issue, Dr. Jaishankar dismissed the claims saying there is currently the largest peacetime deployment along the China border. Asked about Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's remarks that he did not know much about foreign policy and needed to learn a little bit more, the External Affairs Minister took a veiled dig and said he is willing to listen to the Wayanad MP if he has "superior knowledge and wisdom" on China.
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