Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath termed the statement of former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on soldiers as “condemnable and shameful”, and asked the Congress leader to apologise to the brave soldiers and to the country.
The chief minister said that the statement of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was indecent, childish and it was going to inspire anti-national elements.
“It amounts to humiliating India and India's brave army internationally. We condemn his statement. When the whole country and the world are saying that the brave soldiers of India have foiled the acts of the infiltrators, to talk disrespectfully of them is something no Indian will accept,” Yogi remarked.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath added that it was not for the first time that Rahul Gandhi had made a derogatory remark against the Indian soldiers.
“Even in Doklam, when there was a tussle between the armies of both the countries (China and India), Rahul Gandhi and the Congress were exposed. Instead of respecting the valour of the armed forces, they were patronising anti-India acts by meeting the Chinese ambassador.”
Emphasising that Rahul Gandhi’s statement was “condemnable and shameful”, the chief minister said whenever there was a crisis, or a challenge, in front of the country, the Congress leader exposed himself by putting India in the dock.
“They point fingers at our brave soldiers. We condemn this thinking of Congress and Rahul Gandhi. Rahul Gandhi must apologise to the people of the country and the brave soldiers and also refrain from doing such things in future,” Yogi concluded.