On June 9, Rahul Gandhi tweeted whether the Chinese have occupied Indian territory in Ladakh. He had said “Once RM is done commenting on the hand symbol, can he answer: Have the Chinese occupied Indian territory in Ladakh?”, an apparent reference to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s tweet.
Rahul Gandhi had earlier taken a jibe at Home Minister Amit Shah improvising on a Mirza Ghalib couplet that read “Everyone knows the reality of what’s going on at the border, but ignorance is bliss at this time to maintain a happy heart”. His comments were about Home Minister’s statement in a virtual rally where he said India’s defence policy is strong and that the country knows how to protect its borders.
सब को मालूम है ‘सीमा’ की हक़ीक़त लेकिन,
दिल के ख़ुश रखने को, ‘शाह-यद’ ये ख़्याल अच्छा है।https://t.co/cxo9mgQx5K— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) June 8, 2020
Replying to this tweet of Rahul Gandhi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh who also quoted Mirza Ghalib said “If your hand aches, you have medicine; But what to do when the reason of ache is your hand.”
मिर्ज़ा ग़ालिब का ही शेर थोड़ा अलग अन्दाज़ में है। ‘
‘हाथ’ में दर्द हो तो दवा कीजै,
‘हाथ’ ही जब दर्द हो तो क्या कीजै.. https://t.co/k1fhnI6K4N— Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) June 8, 2020
To this, Rahul Gandhi said “Once RM is done commenting on the hand symbol, can he answer: Have the Chinese occupied Indian territory in Ladakh?”
The young MP from Ladakh Jamyang Tsering Namgyal replied “Yes Chinese occupied Indian territory as under” and quoted instances of failures under the Congress regime. “Aksai Chin (37244 sq km) in 1962 during Congress regime, Tia Pangnak and Chabji Valley (250 km length) in Chumur area till 2008 during UPA time, Zorawart Fort in Demjok was destroyed by PLA in 2008 and set up PLA’s Observing Point in 2012 during UPA regime and also created Chinese/new Demjok/Colony with 13 cemented houses, India lost Doom Cheley (the ancient trade point) between Dungti and Demjok in 2008-2009 during UPA regime.
I hope @RahulGandhi and @INCIndia will agree with my reply based on facts and hopefully they won't try to mislead again.@BJP4India @BJP4JnK @sambitswaraj @JPNadda @blsanthosh @rajnathsingh @PTI_News pic.twitter.com/pAJx1ge2H1
— Jamyang Tsering Namgyal (@MPLadakh) June 9, 2020
The Ladakh MP even posted a picture locating Chinese occupations done during the Congress rule.