- Congress president also called PM Modi a “sardar (chief) of liars”
- Congress slams PM Modi over China’s ‘incursions’ into Indian territory
- Mallikarjun Kharge alleged PM sleeping after taking opium
- China renamed 30 places in Arunachal earlier this week
RAJASTHAN,India – Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of ‘sleeping after taking opium’ at a time when China was ‘entering’ into Indian territory. Kharge’s remarks came days after China renamed 30 places along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in India’s northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh.
Kharge, during his election rally in Rajasthan’s Chittorgarh, was quoted by PTI as saying, “Modi claims ‘I have a 56-inch chest, I will not be scared’. If that’s the case, then why has a significant portion of our land been conceded to China? They are intruding and you seem oblivious. Are you under the influence of some sedative? Have they administered you with opium from the fields of Rajasthan?”
In his vehement criticism, the Congress president labeled PM Modi as a “leader of deceivers” and argued that the Prime Minister’s priority was not the nation’s welfare but defaming the Gandhi family. “He doesn’t prioritize the country, he merely slanders the Gandhi family. He seeks to rally the country’s people by oppressing them. He is consistently dishonest. Modi is the ‘leader of deceivers’,” he stated.
Furthermore, Kharge pointed out that no member of the Gandhi family has held the position of Prime Minister or Minister since 1989, yet the PM continues to discuss dynastic politics.
Recently, the Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs published its fourth list of ‘standardized’ geographical names for Zangnan, which is the Chinese term for Arunachal Pradesh, a region that Beijing claims as part of southern Tibet. The 30 locations renamed by Beijing include 12 mountains, four rivers, one lake, one mountain pass, 11 residential areas, and a piece of land. Along with the list of names, the Chinese ministry also provided detailed latitude and longitude coordinates and a high-resolution map of the areas.
India categorically dismissed this development as ‘nonsensical’ and maintained that assigning ‘fabricated’ names does not change the fact that Arunachal Pradesh “is, has been, and will always be” an inseparable part of India.
“China has continued with its nonsensical efforts to rename locations in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. We strongly reject such endeavors,” said Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal.
“Assigning fabricated names will not change the fact that Arunachal Pradesh is, has been, and will always be an integral and inalienable part of India,” he further added.
