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Cong chides govt on Ladakh stand-off; Kerala CM condoles death of soldiers

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury accused the BJP and the prime minister of completely failing on the front of national security

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Bumla: Indian and Chinese soldiers jointly celebrate the New Year 2019 at Bumla along the Indo-China border in Arunachal Pradesh | Photo: PTI

Press Trust of India

5 min read Last Updated : Jun 17 2020 | 4:55 PM IST

Senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Wednesday charged that the situation along the India-China border was due to the "diplomatic short-sightedness" of the Narendra Modi government, and said it was time that the prime minister proves that he has "a 56-inch chest".

The leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha said the rhetoric of muscular nationalism witnessed during the time of standoff with Pakistan is now missing.

"What happened to the 'swing diplomacy' of 2014? The fact is this situation arose just because of the diplomatic short-sightedness of the Modi government. When you run a government as per your whims and

Topics : India-China Ladakh Pinarayi Vijayan Indian Army Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury M Veerappa Moily Shashi Tharoor

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