Making light of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ and his comments on the India-China face-off, the BJP on Tuesday accused the former Congress chief of being "perpetually confused" and alleged that he wants India to surrender before China.
Addressing a press conference here, BJP national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi took a swipe at Rahul’s yatra, saying the Congress leader had become a victim of confusion during his travels. India cannot be understood only by travelling across the country, one needs to understand Indianness, Trivedi said.
"Discovery of India has been going on for four generations (of Gandhi's family)," Trivedi said in an apparent reference to Jawaharlal Nehru's 'Discovery of India'.
In his interview with actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan, Rahul had likened India’s situation vis a vis China to that of Ukraine with Russia. “Essentially, what the Russians have done in Ukraine is that they have said we do not want Ukraine to have a strong relationship with the West and that if it does, then we (Russia) will alter your geography. That is the exact same principle that can be applied to India.”
Referring to Rahul’s remarks on the tensions along the Line of Actual Control with China with Haasan, Trivedi said, "Rahul has made his intention clear that India should surrender before China in the same way it used to happen during his party's Government."
He said that the interview was an interaction between a "perpetually confused and tensed leader" and "confused film star". "But he has dispelled India's illusion... His statement on China is indicating that India should bow down to China," Trivedi added.
Maintaining India as the only surviving civilisation of the ancient world, Trivedi condemned the Congress and Rahul for "lowering the country's honour".
He also asked if Rahul was making such comments because of "donations his party got from China or because of agreements between his party and the Communist Party of China".
Trivedi claimed that the Congress leader was blinded by hatred for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and asked him to name four to five countries that were standing with China while the "world is standing with India".
The BJP leader was apparently alluding to the success of Indian diplomacy vis-a-vis China under Modi