The BJP had accused Rahul of praising China and denigrating India on foreign soil.
As the BJP continued to attack Rahul Gandhi over his remarks about China, the Congress on Saturday hit back, saying it is Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is in “eternal love” with China. Delivering a lecture at the Cambridge Judge Business School on “Learning to Listen in the 21st Century”, Rahul, while comparing the American and Chinese models, had argued that the Chinese value harmony and don’t want things to go out of control which was “legitimate.”
The BJP had accused Rahul of praising China and denigrating India on foreign soil. BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra accused Rahul of dissuading investors from investing in India at a time when the world is seeing the country as a “bright spot” and foreign firms are leaving China to do business here.
“Just because you are not a bright kid and not a bright kid of your dynastic party doesn’t mean India is not a bright spot,” he said, hitting back at the Congress leader.
Addressing a press conference, Supriya Shrinate — the head of the party’s social media — said Rahul was “talking about and making comparisons between America and China, talking about America as a free and fair society and talking about China as a close society and a complex ecosystem.”
“He spoke about how China gets into corporations, gets into the daily lives of its citizens, it is very intrusive, the Chinese government, a one party system is very intrusive…,” she said.
Hitting back at the BJP, she said there is an eternal love story brewing between [Narendra] Modi and China.