Modi’s ‘indiscretions’ weakened India, left it vulnerable: Rahul on border standoff

The video message is the first in a series started by Rahul Gandhi to share his thoughts with people about various problems facing the country. (Photo: Videograb / Twitter @ Rahul Gandhi)

Escalating his attack on the government over the LAC confrontation, Congressman Rahul Gandhi released a video message on Friday sharing his thoughts on why China chose to be aggressive now, claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “indiscretions” have weakened to the country and they are gone. It is vulnerable.

In the video message posted on Twitter, he hit the government saying that in the past six years, India has been “disturbed and disrupted” regarding its foreign policy and economy.

The video message is the first in a series that started by Gandhi to share his thoughts with people about the various problems facing the country.

“Since 2014, the Prime Minister’s constant mistakes and indiscretions have fundamentally weakened India and left us vulnerable. Empty words are not enough in the world of geopolitics, “he alleged in a tweet along with the video message.

Gandhi said that one has to go to multiple spaces, including India’s economy and ties to its neighbors and other countries, to understand why the Chinese chose this particular moment to move against India and violate the Current Line of Control ( ALC) and what gave them the confidence to become so aggressive.

“Today, you have a country that has economic problems; in trouble when it comes to foreign policy; in trouble with their neighbors; and that is why the Chinese have decided that this is possibly the best time to act and that is why they have acted, “he argued.

Noting that countries are protected by a “confluence of forces and systems,” he said, “a country is protected by its foreign relations, it is protected by its neighborhood, by its economy, by the sentiment its people have and the vision that its people have. ”

Gandhi has also attacked the prime minister and the government over the India-China border conflict in Ladakh in the past and alleged his “failure” in handling the problem.

Beating Gandhi, the BJP said it was trying to “divide the nation” and “demoralize” the country’s armed forces by questioning the handling of the border situation.

On India’s foreign policy, Gandhi said the country had relationships with multiple countries and that it used to share a strategic partnership with the United States.

India also had a relationship with Russia and Europe and they used to help it maneuver around the world, he said.

“Today … we have a transactional relationship with the United States. We have disturbed our relationship with the Russians. We have a transactional relationship with Europe, “he argued.

He stated that in the neighborhood all countries except Pakistan had been working with and associated with India in the past.

Gandhi alleged that today the Nepalese are angry, the Sri Lankans have given the Chinese a port, the Maldives is disturbed and so is Bhutan. “So we have disrupted our foreign partners, we have disrupted our neighborhood,” he said.

On the economic front, he said, the economy was the pride of India and used to go to the rest of the world and brag about it. “But, India has seen the worst economic growth in 50 years and there is no end in sight,” he said.

Claiming that the unemployment rate was the highest in 40-50 years, he said: “Our strengths have suddenly become our weaknesses.”

“We told the government to look, please keep in mind that we are becoming vulnerable. All of these things are connected, they are not separate, “he said.

Congress wanted money to be injected into the economy and protection for small and medium-sized businesses, “but they (the government) refused to do it,” he said.