"Beyond Kaziranga": Congress launches fresh attack on PM Modi amid Assam visit
Congress on Saturday took a potshot at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Assam's Kaziranga National Park stating that the iconic national park owes much to the «great interest shown both by Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi.»
«We're glad that the Prime Minister has found time amidst his various travels to spend today morning in Kaziranga, an iconic national park, which owes much to the great interest shown both by Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi. However, beyond Kaziranga, here are four questions for him on the increasingly disturbed situation in different parts of the northeast of India,» Congress leader Jairam Ramesh wrote on social media platform X today.
The questions to the PM ranged from the India-China border situation, the Manipur crisis, the situation in eastern Nagaland and the «re-emergence of separatist groups» in Assam.
PM Modi is on a two-day visit to Assam that began on Friday.
The Congress leader said that at the all-party meeting on China On June 19, 2020, the Prime Minister declared that not a single Chinese soldier had crossed over into Indian territory.
«By giving a public clean chit to China, the Prime Minister has tied his own hands, and failed to take action to restore the status quo after Chinese aggression. Chinese troops continue to deny Indian citizens access to grazing lands and Indian patrols access to strategic spots along the LAC, where they previously had unimpeded access. There have been multiple instances of PLA troops kidnapping Indian citizens on Indian soil,» the
