NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday targeted the government after RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat remarked on the ongoing border tensions with China, saying that the whole world knows how China has encroached Indian territory.
Taking a dig at the Modi government and the RSS, Rahul said that deep inside Mohan Bhagwat "knows the truth" but is just "scared" to face it.
Sharing a screenshot of Bhagwat's comments, Rahul Gandhi wrote on Twitter, "The truth is China has taken our land and GOI & RSS have allowed it."
Speaking at the Sangh's annual Vijayadashami rally, which this time was limited to an indoor event attended by 50 'swayamsevaks' due to COVID-19 guidelines, the RSS chief had dubbed China as "expansionist" and said that India needed to be militarily better prepared against the neighbouring nation.
Claiming that China was shocked at India's response to its intrusion, Bhagwat said, "Our defence forces, government and people responded sharply to China's efforts to encroach on our territories."
"We dont know how it will react. So the way forward is to be alert and prepared. We should be more powerful than China in terms of military preparedness, economic conditions, international relations and also relations with neighbouring countries," he said.
Bhagwat urged the government to forge an alliance against China with its immediate neighbours like Nepal, Sri Lanka and others.
"China encroached on our borders amid the pandemic," he said, adding the world knows the expansionist nature of that country. He cited Taiwan and Vietnam as examples of the Chinese expansionist designs.
"Indian defence forces, government and the people remained unfazed and responded sharply to China's boisterous efforts to invade our territories," he said.
The RSS chief was referring to the ongoing India-China border tensions in eastern Ladakh.