“You’re so exasperated…” Himanta Counters Rahul Gandhi’s ‘SurenderModi’ Remark

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Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday lashed out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his controversial remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

A day after accusing the prime minister of having "surrendered" Indian territory to Chinese aggression, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday took a swipe at him saying "Narendra Modi is actually Surender Modi". He tagged an article in a foreign publication with the headline "India's appeasement policy toward China unravels".

The BJP's senior leader from the northeast, Himanta Biswa Sarma said, You're so exasperated you can't even spell correctly! And surrendering has been hallmark of Gandhi-Nehru family. In 1962, Assam was almost given away by Pt Nehru. When Chinese Army had captured Bomdila, Nehru said, "My heart goes out to people of Assam." Shame!

The post was part of Mr Gandhi's continuing attack on the Prime Minister since he said on Friday that China has not captured any Indian territory or crossed the border.

At an all-party meeting called to discuss the events at Ladakh — where 20 Indian soldiers died and 76 were injured in a violent face-off with Chinese troops on Monday — PM Modi had said: "Neither is anyone inside our territory nor is any of our post captured… While we have given a free hand to our armed forces, diplomatically too we have made our stand clear to China. India wants peace and friendship but protecting its sovereignty is supreme".

The day after, Mr Gandhi suggested that the Prime Minister has surrendered Indian territory to China.

"The PM has surrendered Indian territory to Chinese aggression. If the land was Chinese: Why were our soldiers killed? Where were they killed," his post read.

The Prime Minister's Office said it was an attempt to give a "mischievous interpretation" to PM Modi's comments.

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