New Delhi: In a series of tweets, Rahul Gandhi on Monday hit back at central government questioning why is it so concerned about his meeting with Chinese envoy.
According to media reports, Congress vice president through his tweets said if the government is so concerned about him meeting an Ambassador then they should explain why three ministers of the Narendra Modi government are availing Chinese hospitality while the border standoff is on.
He posted a news report of how three senior ministers of the Narendra Modi government, including Union Human Resource Minister Prakash Javdekar, travelled to China this week for meetings, said the report.
Rahul Gandhi said it is his job to be informed on critical issues. “I met the Chinese Ambassador, Ex-NSA, Congress leaders from north-east and the Bhutanese Ambassador,” the Congress leader said.
Earlier in the day, the Congress had first denied that Rahul Gandhi met a Chinese envoy in New Delhi but later on acknowledged that the “courtesy” meeting took place amid tension between India and China over the Doklam standoff in Sikkim.
Congress spokesperson RS Surjewala had tweeted that some news channels were running “fake news” on Gandhi’s alleged meeting with Chinese Ambassador Luo Zhaohui but later on he himself admitted that the meeting happened.
Congress social media head Ramya said the issue was not if Gandhi met the Chinese envoy or now and questioned why the Prime Minister did not flag the border issue with Chinese President Xi Jinping when the two leaders met last week at the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany.
