{"id":324014,"date":"2020-06-19T08:16:51","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T08:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=324014"},"modified":"2020-06-19T08:21:12","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T08:21:12","slug":"chinese-attack-in-galwan-pre-planned-government-was-fast-asleep-rahul-gandhi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/chinese-attack-in-galwan-pre-planned-government-was-fast-asleep-rahul-gandhi\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese attack in Galwan pre-planned, government was fast asleep: Rahul Gandhi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-311984 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Rahul-new.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/05\/Rahul-new.jpg 690w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/05\/Rahul-new-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/05\/Rahul-new-529x420.jpg 529w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/>Congress leader\u00a0Rahul Gandhi\u00a0on Friday said it was now clear that the Chinese attack in\u00a0 Ladakh\u2019s Galwan Valley was \u201cpre-planned\u201d and that the government was \u201cfast asleep\u201d while the martyred jawans paid the price.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cIt\u2019s now crystal clear that: 1. The Chinese attack in Galwan was pre-planned. 2. GOI was fast asleep and denied the problem. 3. The price was paid by our martyred Jawans,\u201d Rahul tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Rahul\u2019s attack comes ahead of the all-party meeting convened by PM Modi to discuss the situation along the India-China border.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Since June 15 when the Chinese and Indian soldiers faced off in Ladakh\u2019 Galwan Valley, Rahul has been attacking at the government asking how the Chinese took Indian territory and who sent the soldiers unarmed to the border?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cHow dare China kill our unarmed soldiers? Why were our soldiers sent unarmed to martyrdom?\u201d Rahul Gandhi asked the government in a tweet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Replying to Rahul\u2019s tweet, External Affairs spokesperson Dr S Jaishankar said that soldiers involved in the face-off with Chinese troops were carrying weapons and ammunition but did not use firearms as they were following border agreements between the two countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cLet us get the facts straight. All troops on border duty always carry arms, especially when leaving post. Those at Galwan on 15 June did so. Long-standing practice (as per 1996 &amp; 2005 agreements) not to use firearms during faceoffs,\u201d Jaishankar tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congress leader\u00a0Rahul Gandhi\u00a0on Friday said it was now clear that the Chinese attack in\u00a0 Ladakh\u2019s Galwan Valley was \u201cpre-planned\u201d and that the government was \u201cfast asleep\u201d while the martyred jawans paid the price. \u201cIt\u2019s now crystal clear that: 1. The Chinese attack in Galwan was pre-planned. 2. GOI was fast asleep and denied the problem. 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