Questions On China Met With Wall Of Silence: Congress's Manish Tewari
NDTV
The Congress has questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's silence over Chinese transgressions in Ladakh and Arunchal Pradesh.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration has been shy about answering questions in parliament on Chinese incursions, Congress leader Manish Tewari said on Thursday, accusing the government of trying to dodge accountability in an effort to protect its muscular image.
"For the last 18 months, there has been not one substantive discussion in the parliament on the situation in eastern Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh," Mr Tewari said at the launch of his new book '10 Flash Points; 20 Years - National Security Situations that Impacted India'.
"Every question that I have asked of the government on the Chinese transgressions has been refused in the name of national security... there has been kind of a blanket attempt that no discussion will be permitted in parliament," he said.
"The government had given an assurance that they would brief the opposition leaders - this was in the September of 2020 - and they reneged on that commitment. Every time an attempt is made to raise the Chinese transgressions in parliament, they are met with a wall of silence," he added.
