The Bhartiya Janta Party on Friday came down heavily on Congress president Rahul Gandhi and questioned his Kailash Mansarovar Yatra and his 'obsession' for China. Speaking to media persons, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said that Gandhi has left for China via Nepal.
"Rahul ji has an obsession for China. Why is it that Mr. Gandhi always wants to get a Chinese view on everything but does not want to have an Indian perspective? Which politicians will he meet there?" Patra said questioning the Congress chief's motive behind going on the Kailash Yatra.
Hitting out hard at Congress and the Gandhi family, Patra alleged that Rahul Gandhi had held a secret meeting with Chinese envoy during the Doklam standoff. Patra said that if the Congress president had really wanted to know about Doklam, he could have asked the Ministry of External Affairs instead of meeting with the Chinese ambassador.
Patra said that Gandhi was behaving like a Chinese spokesperson rather than an Indian spokesperson and that he advertises China as if he had been hired by the Chinese government as its advertising man.
Patra further questioned Gandhi and asked which politicians will the Congress boss meet in China and what will he discuss. He further stated that during its visit to the opening ceremony of the Olympics in China, the Gandhi family was seated in an enclosure that was exclusively reserved for the guests of the Chinese Premier.
Responding to the attacks made by Rahul Gandhi on the BJP-led government over the country's economy, Patra said that he did not know from where does the Congress head get these 'comic figures' on the Indian economic scenario.
Meanwhile, Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala asked what's wrong with Gandhi going for the pilgrimage.
The Congress president, who will be leaving for the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra on Friday, had on Thursday said that the Narendra Modi government had implemented demonetisation only to help its 'crony capitalist friends'. The Congress scion is likely to undertake the pilgrimage during the first week of September.
Gandhi, who has often spoken about being a 'Shiv Bhakt' or devotee of Lord Shiva, had expressed his desire to go for the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra after his airplane plunged 8,000 feet while he was travelling to campaign for the Karnataka elections.
