Congress asks PM 7 questions, wants answers through 'Mann ki Baat'

The Congress party on Saturday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi seven questions on the border issue with China and said it was "the political duty and moral responsibility" of the PM to answer these questions during his upcoming 'Mann ki Baat' radio broadcast.

Listing out the questions through an official statement, All India Congress Committee communication in-charge Jairam Ramesh asked; "You (the PM) have met the top Chinese leadership an unprecedented 18 times and recently shook hands with (Chinese president) Xi Jinping in Bali. China launched an incursion into Tawang shortly thereafter and continues to unilaterally alter the border situation. Why are you not taking the nation into confidence?"

Modi was also asked to state why on June 20, 2020 he had said that there had been "no incursion by China" into Indian territory in Eastern Ladakh.


Referring to a BJP spokesperson's counterattack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on the border issue on Thursday, Ramesh tweeted: "Don't deflect, distract and divert by getting your drum beaters to attack a man who has walked 20-25 kms a day, listening to the pain, hope and aspirations of the people of India for the past 100 days. Jawaab Do, Pradhan Mantri @narendramodi."