Rahul Gandhi's comments come two days afterIndia and China held talks to resolve border issues in Ladakh.
Highlights
- India's defence policy strong, can protect its borders: Amit Shah
- "Everyone knows the reality of the border," tweeted Rahul Gandhi
- He had earlier asked centre to clarify on the border stand-off with China
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today took a jibe at Home Minister Amit Shah over his comment that India is the only country after the US and Israel that is "able to protect" its borders. "Everyone knows the reality of the border," tweeted Mr Gandhi, who has asked the government to clarify on the border stand-off with China in Ladakh.
The Home Minister had, at a virtual rally for Bihar yesterday, said the surgical and air strikes after the terror attacks in Uri and Pulwama showed that India's defence policy was strong and the country knows how to protect its borders.
"India's defence policy has gained global acceptance. The whole world agrees that after US and Israel if there is any other country that is able to protect its borders, it is India," Mr Shah had said.
Rahul Gandhi commented tagging a tweet shared by news agency ANI on Mr Shah's statement. "Everyone knows the reality of 'Seema' (Border) but to keep the heart happy, 'Shah-yad' is a good idea," Rahul Gandhi sarcastically remarked in a tweet, tweaking the famous couplet from legendary Urdu-Persian poet Mirza Ghalib..
Mr Gandhi's comments come two days after India and China held high-level talks to resolve border issues near eastern Ladakh.
India and China have agreed to "peacefully resolve the situation in the border areas in accordance with various bilateral agreements", the Foreign Ministry said after the meeting.
The talks were requested by India and were held at the Border Personnel Meeting Point in Maldo on the Chinese side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh on Saturday.
At the virtual rally, Mr Shah attacked the previous Congress-led Central government over its handling of the situation in Jammu and Kashmir.
"There was a time when anybody used to enter our borders, beheaded our soldiers and Delhi's darbar remained unaffected. Uri and Pulwama happened during our time, it was the Modi and BJP govt, we did surgical strikes and airstrike," he added.
Mr Shah also said that issues that none dared to touch in 70 years were resolved in the first year of the Modi government's second term and referred to the scrapping of Article 370 provisions and the law against triple talaq. He also claimed that the government's handling of the Ayodhya issue has paved the way for the construction of Ram temple following a Supreme Court judgment.
The BJP claimed that more than 14 lakh internet users joined the first of its kind digital political rally.
With inputs from PTI