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New Delhi, July 17
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had "fundamentally weakened India" leading to the recent Chinese aggression along the LAC.
In the first episode of his video series on issues of importance, Gandhi alleged that since 2014 the PM's "constant blunders and indiscretions have fundamentally weakened India and left us vulnerable. Empty words don't suffice in the world of geopolitics."
Dwelling on the timing of Chinese action, Gandhi said: "Today you have a country which is economically in trouble; in trouble as far as foreign policy is concerned; in trouble with its neighbours; and that's why the Chinese have decided that this is possibly the best time to act and that is why they have acted."
Since 2014, the PM's constant blunders and indiscretions have fundamentally weakened India and left us vulnerable.
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) July 17, 2020
Empty words don't suffice in the world of geopolitics. pic.twitter.com/XM6PXcRuFh
Gandhi's three-minute-long video focused on the border conflict with China as he asked why the Chinese "chose this particular time to violate the LAC?"
"What is it about India situation that has made China to act in such an aggressive way?" asked Gandhi.
He said countries are protected by a confluence of forces—its foreign relationships, its neighbourhood, its economy and the vision of its people.
"And what has happened over the last 6 years is that in all those areas India has been disturbed and disrupted.
"Our relationship with the outside world used to be with multiple countries. The US, Russia and EU used to help us manoeuvre. Today our relationship has become transactional. We have a transactional relationship with the United States. We have disturbed our relationship with the Russians.We have a transactional relationship with Europe," said Gandhi.
Speaking of neighbouring countries, Gandhi said India no longer shared the same relationship with its past friends.
"Today Nepal is angry with us. If you go to Nepal and you speak to the Nepali people they are furious with what has happened. Sri Lankans have given a port to the Chinese. The Maldives is disturbed. Bhutan is disturbed. So we have disrupted our foreign partners and our neighbourhood," said Gandhi.
He said the economy, "India's pride", was badly hit with the worst economic growth in 50 years, the highest unemployment in 40 to 50 years.
"Our strengths have suddenly become our weaknesses," Gandhi said while dwelling on why the Chinese needled India at this time.
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