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EAM S Jaishankar Takes Rahul Gandhi To Task For Peddling Misinformation Over India-China Galwan Face-Off
Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar (Source: @ians_india/Twitter)
Union Minister of External Affairs, S Jaishankar, on Thursday (18 June) took opposition Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to task for peddling misinformation regarding the India-China face-off in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh.
Congress parliamentarian Rahul Gandhi had tweeted a video of a national newspaper on Thursday morning, asking why Indian soldiers were "unarmed" during the face-off with the Chinese troops in the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh on Monday night.
"How dare China kill our UNARMED soldiers? Why were our soldiers sent UNARMED to martyrdom?" Gandhi had commented.
Later in the day Dr Jaishankar responded to the Congress MP's tweet by listing out the reason for Indian Army personnel not using their fire-weapons during the violent face-off.
"Let us get the facts straight," Jaishankar tweeted, saying, "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 & 2005 agreements) not to use firearms during face-offs," he wrote.
With Inputs From IANS
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