JP Nadda Launches A Scathing Attack On Manmohan Singh, Calls His Statement 'Mere Wordplay'

Nadda said that the country fully trusts and supports PM Narendra Modi and the 130 crore Indians have seen his administrative experience in some of the most testing times.

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New Delhi: Bhartiya Janata Party Chief JP Nadda has hit back at the former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh calling his statement over the India-China border situation a "mere wordplay" and also said that the "call for unity" given by the senior leader falls flat by the actions of other leaders from the Congress. ALSO READ| Disinformation Is No Substitute For Decisive Leadership: Manmohan Singh To Modi Govt On Galwan Valley Face-Off "Former PM Dr Manmohan Singh's statement is mere wordplay. Sadly, the conduct and actions of top leaders of the Congress party will not make any Indian believe such statements. Remember, this is the same INC that always questions and demoralizes our armed forces," Nadda's first tweet read. The former PM in a statement said that PM Narendra Modi must be mindful of the implications of his words and cannot allow China to use them as a vindication of its position. Manmohan Singh had said that disinformation is no substitute for diplomacy or decisive leadership. In response to Manmohan Singh's statement, the BJP President launched an attack with a series of tweets and said that while Congress "always questions and demoralizes our armed forces' 130 crores Indian fully trust "PM Narendra Modi who has shown his administrative experience in some of the most testing times." "Dr Manmohan Singh belongs to the same party which: Helplessly surrendered over 43,000 KM of Indian territory to the Chinese! During the UPA years saw abject strategic and territorial surrender without a fight. Time and again belittles our forces." Nadda said that during Singh's tenure as the Prime Minister, 600 Chinese incursions were reported in 2010-2013. "One only wishes that Dr. Singh was as worried about Chinese designs when, as PM, he abjectly surrendered hundreds of square kilometres of India’s land to China. He presided over 600 incursions made by China between 2010 to 2013!” he added

Dr Manmohan Singh can certainly share his wisdom on many subjects but the responsibilities of the office of the Prime Minister isn’t one of them. UPA personified systematic institutional erosion of that office, combined with disrespect for our armed forces. NDA has reversed that!

— Jagat Prakash Nadda (@JPNadda) June 22, 2020

In a message to both the former PM and the Congress party, he said, “Dear Dr Singh and Congress Party, Please stop insulting our forces repeatedly, questioning their valour. You did this post the air strikes and surgical strikes. Please understand the true meaning of national unity, especially in such times. It’s never too late to improve.” Also watch|Nadda hits back at Manmohan Singh's statement