Janjivan Bureau / New Delhi : Erupted political controversy for the meeting of congress vice president, congress hit back on center and asked why three Union minister were availing Chinese hospitability amidst border crisis. In a tweet storm, Rahul Gandhi asked why three Union Ministers were availing Chinese hospitability amidst border crisis.
With India and China locked in a standoff on the border area abutting Bhutan, the Congress on Monday said party vice-president Rahul Gandhi had met the ambassadors of the two neighbouring countries. The party said Gandhi met the ambassadors of China and Bhutan, but did not specify when or where the meetings were held.
Gandhi met Luo Zhaohui over the weekend though the Congress kept the place and time of the meeting secret.
It is my job to be informed on critical issues. I met the Chinese Ambassador, Ex-NSA, Congress leaders from NE & the Bhutanese Ambassador
— Office of RG (@OfficeOfRG) July 10, 2017
After daylong speculations over the meeting today, Congress media head Randeep Surjewala admitted that the meeting indeed took place and said Gandhi also met the Bhutan ambassador to India.
Surjewala sought to assert that there was nothing special about the meeting Gandhi had with the Chinese Ambassador and that the envoys of top five nations in the world, the G-5 keep meeting Congress president and Congress vice-president.
The timing of the meeting, however, may raise eyebrows in political circles with the BJP expected to attack Gandhi for the meeting at a time when India and China are witnessing the worst border standoff in more than 30 years.
A section of reports said the Chinese embassy today posted the information of Gandhi meeting Zhaohui on its website but later retracted the same. This could not be independently verified though.
