New Delhi, Aug 4 (PTI) The Congress on Monday said every patriotic Indian has sought answers on China since the 2020 Galwan incident but the Modi government has chosen to obfuscate and hide the truth with its policy of “DDLJ — deny, distract, lie, and justify”.
The opposition party also alleged that the Modi government is responsible for the biggest territorial setback India has faced since 1962, and accused it of pursuing “normalisation” with a hostile China because of its cowardice and misplaced economic priorities.
The Congress’ attack on the government came on a day the Supreme Court censured Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi over his alleged derogatory remarks about the Indian Army during his Bharat Jodo Yatra. The apex court, however, stayed the proceedings initiated in the matter against Gandhi before a Lucknow court.
The top court told Gandhi, “How do you get to know that 2,000 sq km of Indian territory has been occupied by Chinese? Were you there? Do you have any credible material?” Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said ever since 20 brave soldiers were martyred in Galwan on June 15, 2020, every patriotic Indian has sought answers.
“Yet instead of providing answers, the Modi government for the past five years has chosen to obfuscate and hide the truth with its policy of ‘DDLJ — deny, distract, lie, and justify’,” he said.
In a post on X, Ramesh went on to ask a series of questions.
“Why did the Prime Minister give a clean chit to China saying ‘Na koi hamari seema mein ghus aaya hai, na hi koi ghusa hua hai’ on 19 June 2020, only four days after our soldiers heroically sacrificed their lives for the country in Galwan?” Ramesh said.
“Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi has said: ‘We want to go back to the status quo of April 2020’. Does the withdrawal agreement of 21 October, 2024, take us back to the status quo?” he said.
Are Indian patrols not required to take Chinese concurrence to access their Patrolling Points in Depsang, Demchok, and Chumar, whereas earlier they were able to freely exercise India’s territorial rights, Ramesh added.
Are Indian patrols not prevented from accessing their Patrolling Points in Galwan, Hot Spring, and Pangong Tso by “buffer zones” that lie predominantly within the Indian claim line, he further asked.
“Was it not widely reported in 2020 that 1,000 sq km of eastern Ladakh had come under Chinese control, including 900 sq km in Depsang? Did the SP of Leh not submit a paper at the annual Director General of Police Conference in which he stated that India had lost access to 26 out of 65 Patrolling Points in eastern Ladakh?” Ramesh said.
Is it not true that imports from China are booming, especially of electronics, electric batteries, and solar cells, and that important sectors like telecom, pharmaceuticals, and electronics are critically dependent on Chinese imports, he asked.
Is it not true that the trade deficit with China reached a record $99.2 billion in 2024-25, Ramesh questioned.
“Is it not true that the Modi government is pursuing ‘normalisation’ with a country that played a crucial role in Pakistan’s military operations during Operation Sindoor, supplying weapons systems such as the J-10C fighter and PL-15 air-to-air missile and providing ‘live inputs’ into Indian military operations as stated on 4 July, 2025; by Deputy Chief of Army Staff Lt General Rahul R Singh?” he said.
“The fact of the matter is that the Modi government is responsible for the biggest territorial setback India has faced since 1962, and it is pursuing ‘normalisation’ with a hostile China because of its cowardice and misplaced economic priorities,” Ramesh said.
Congress general secretary K C Venugopal also rallied behind Gandhi and said when a government “fails so spectacularly to defend our borders”, it is every citizen’s moral obligation to hold it accountable.
“When Parliament is silenced, the streets must roar. The issue of Chinese incursions is not just serious, it strikes at the heart of national sovereignty. We have repeatedly demanded answers, both inside and outside Parliament,” Venugopal said on X.
“But this Government, in its delirium to peddle propaganda and project hollow bravado 24×7, is too afraid to face real questions in Parliament,” he said.
“When a government fails so spectacularly to defend our borders, it is every citizen’s moral obligation to hold it accountable. But in Modi’s India, asking questions is branded ‘anti-national’. Silence is patriotism, and the ‘True Indian’ badge is reserved for the timid, the blindfolded, and the spineless. Oh my Lord!!” he said on X.
Another Congress general secretary Randeep Surjewala said the Chinese occupation of Indian territory is a “reality” that “no patriotic Indian” should wish away or hide under the carpet.
“Nationalism mandates that Govt must be questioned on vacation of Indian territory by the Chinese and restoration of ‘status quo ante’ as on April 2020, as Rahulji has done repeatedly,” Surjewala said in a post on X.
“If this is ‘contempt’, I, an Indian Citizen, must commit it ‘My Lord’, for this is the test of being a true Indian and a patriot. Hold me and millions of Indians in ‘contempt’, but let’s take our territory back from the Chinese,” he said.
Congress leader and senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, who represented Gandhi in the court, said, “Ironical and amazing! Losers crowing whole day against RG! SC forms prima facie opinion in favour of RG and issues notice in defamation case. Complainant represented by senior counsel objects. Notice still issued. If you read social media & BJP trolls or Mr Malviya, it sounds like RG lost today!” “2nd RG gets stay of proceedings despite opposition by senior counsel from complainant. Again trolls and BJP crowers suggest ignominious defeat! 3rd these people quote and gloat on oral observations of SC, always made to elicit responses from each side in every case to falsely suggest damnation findings against RG.
“Victor in court becomes loser; loser gloats as if he got unprecedented victory (!) & janta confused & confounded. Politics wins; reason, rationality, law and judicial order in black and white loses!” Singhvi said.
Congress’ media cell and publicity incharge Pawan Khera said a true Indian can ask questions from the government and that the right and courage to ask questions is granted by the Constitution.
“And the judiciary safeguards this right and courage,” Khera said on X. PTI ASK MIN KVK KVK
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