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Last Updated:July 29, 2025, 18:40 IST
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, speaking during the debate on 'Operation Sindoor' claimed that while India thought it was fighting Pakistan, it was, in fact, fighting China
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi speaks during a debate in the House at the monsoon session of Parliament, in New Delhi on July 29. (Image: Sansad TV/PTI)
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said India’s biggest foreign policy challenge is to keep Pakistan and China separate, alleging that the central government did not heed his warnings about the two countries coming together.
Gandhi, speaking during the ongoing monsoon session of Parliament, claimed that while India thought it was fighting Pakistan, it was, fighting China.
“China was feeding critical information to Pakistan and, if you don’t believe me, General Rahul Singh during the FICCI event said Pakistan was getting live battlefield inputs from China," Gandhi said. “India’s biggest foreign policy challenge was keeping China and Pakistan apart. I’d warned about it but this government brought them together."
He said this “integration" between China and Pakistan took place with a centre built in Pakistan with Chinese help. This, he claimed, was aimed at integrating the Pakistani Air Force with the Chinese.
A day ago, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar took a swipe at Gandhi for allegedly relying on the Chinese ambassador’s “briefing" on the 2017 Doklam military standoff between India and China. Referring to that speech, he said the minister displayed “complete bankruptcy" of the government and its foreign policy.
“Listen to what Jaishankar said which shows the mindset of these people; this explains why in his entire discussion yesterday, the defence minister did not say the word China. We are now facing…Chinese and Pakistani fusion. It is a very dangerous time and we cannot afford a PM who does not have the courage to use the army as he should or does not have the guts to call out Trump as a liar," he said.
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