BJP's Ram Madhav slams Rahul Gandhi's 'scared to face Chinese íntentions' jibe at PM Modi

On Sunday,  Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national general secretary Ram Madhav hit out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi over Ladakh stand-off. The Congress leader has been repeatedly levelling allegations against the Prime Minister on the India-China standoff.

This statement from Ram Madhav came after  Rahul Gandhi alleged that the Centre was afraid of challenging the intentions of the Chinese Army in Ladakh. Speaking to reporters, Ram Madhav said that even after listening to PM Modi's speech 'if someone is commenting like this then it's time for the nation to decide how many degrees of seriousness it has'.

"PM Modi gave a speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort yesterday and lauded the sacrifices by the Indian soldiers. After listening to that, if someone is commenting like this then it's time for the nation to decide how many degrees of seriousness it has," he said.

Madhav was in Patna to attend a programme on Atal Bihari Vajpayee's second death anniversary.

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Rahul Gandhi Slams Centre Over Lack Of Response

On Friday, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi alleged that the Centre was afraid of challenging the intentions of the Chinese Army in Ladakh. Citing purported evidence on the ground, he claimed that China was preparing and positioning itself. According to him, India would pay a "heavy price" owing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's alleged lack of courage. 

Meanwhile, Leader of Opposition Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury slammed the meeting of Vikram Misri, the Indian envoy to China with a key Communist Party of China leader. He accused the Union government of misleading the opposition on the facts of the faceoff at the Line of Actual Control. Chowdhury backed the Centre to take harsher steps against China.

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