The BJP on Friday attacked Congress President Rahul Gandhi over his meeting with Chinese Minister during his Kailash Mansarovasr Yatra last year and sought details of it.
Questioning Gandhi's meeting without following the protocol of informing the Ministry of External Affairs, he said, "Why was the protocol not followed for the meeting?"
The BJP leader's remarks against the Congress chief came after he, while interacting with the intellectuals in Odisha's Bhubaneswar, said that he met a couple of Chinese ministers during his visit to China last year.
Patra alleged that BJP had in August 2018 in a press conference had said that the Congress leader was going to Kailash Mansarovar via Beijing and there are many secrets.
The BJP then had also questioned that who all Chinese ministers he would be meeting and what he would be discussing with them. "This is a very serious question because in the past also, he had secretly met Chinese leaders and during his visits to the foreign countries he acts as the spokesperson for China," he said.
"The Congress and Gandhi had then ignored the question but today he himself revealed his love for China," he said.
The BJP leader also alleged that when Gandhi was going to Kailash Mansarovar via Nepal, Gandhi wanted that Chinese ambassadors and Chinese representatives to should come to airport to see off him. He also claimed that the Chinese Foreign Ministry had written demanding three passes for its representatives to give a ceremonial see-off to Gandhi.
The BJP leader also slammed senior Congress leader Anand Sharma for threatening Central government officials, saying that such behaviour has been a culture and tradition of the Congress.
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