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Swamy quotes Arunachal MP Gao to claim Chinese infiltration as BJP vs BJP, says not the whole story

December 3, 2021
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File photo of BJP leader Subramanian Swamy. bloomberg

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New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Subramanian Swamy on Friday got into a Twitter spat with fellow BJP MP Tapir Gao over the issue of alleged Chinese infiltration in Arunachal Pradesh.

Swamy quoted Arunachal Lok Sabha MP Gao as saying that he wanted him to focus on the northeastern state as the Chinese army had already “crossed” the McMahon Line. In response, Gao refuted Swamy’s claims, saying that the Rajya Sabha MP was not telling the full story.

The issue started on Thursday, when Swamy tweeted: “Today I met Tapir Gao, BJP LS MP from Arunachal. He told me that the people of Andhra Pradesh want me to also focus on Arunachal. He told me that the Chinese PLA has already crossed the McMahon Line in three parallel columns to the south of the state. Early next year I will go to AP(sic).

Gao tweeted on Friday that it was a misspelling, and he only told Swamy about Chinese incursions “during the 1962 war”.

“I met Subramanian Swamy on 2nd December at 10:35 am in the Central Hall of Parliament, when he asked about the Chinese incursions, I told him that during the 1962 war, China took 2-3 places during the Congress rule. was captured, but there was no new infiltration during Modi. Governance; Unfortunately they have quoted me (sic) incorrectly,” Gao wrote.

Swamiji for this reacted That even though China occupied the region in 1962 and built pucca villages “after that”, why didn’t the Modi government take it up in its “18 face-to-face meetings” with President Xi Jinping? ?

comes after reports It emerged that China has recently started construction activities in Arunachal.

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Not full version of events, says Gao

Speaking to ThePrint, Gao said Swamy did not give the full version of the story, adding that he only told the Rajya Sabha MP about infiltration under Congress governments.

He has not given full details of the discussion he had with me. I have clearly mentioned that there has been no infiltration during Modi regime, everything has been done during Congress rule – from 1962 till Manmohan Singh’s rule. But he only mentioned my name and intrusion. This is not the version I told him,” Gao said.

“Nothing new and nothing serious. He only tweeted half the story,” he claimed, adding that he had spoken personally to Swamy about the issue early Friday, and the latter assured him given that he would fix it.

When asked why Swami would present half the story, Gao laughed and said: “I don’t know, you can ask him”.

ThePrint reached out to Swamy over the phone for a comment, but did not receive a response till the time of publication of this report. He later tweeted that his “other sources confirm that the PLA has built pucca villages in Arunachal”.

BJP spokesperson RP Singh told ThePrint that “Subramanian Swamy is not above the army chief”. “The army said on record that there was no infiltration. Whatever he (Swami) can say because of his political motive, it doesn’t matter.

‘Committed not to ideology but to power’

This is not the first time that Swamy has questioned the BJP leadership on social media.

During the ongoing winter session of Parliament, Swamy has been targeting the party on various issues ranging from Chinese infiltration to brain-drain. He too Guilty Government to avoid “difficult questions” in Parliament.

Swamy also fueled speculation when he met Trinamool Congress leader and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on November 25, but pacified them by saying that he was “already with her”.

Responding to the latest controversy, BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga told ThePrint that Swamy was working because he was not appointed as the finance minister.

“His intentions are wrong. If someone was tweeting against the government on policy issues, then the matter was different. He once said that (EAM) S Jaishankar was dress like a waiter, He was hoping that he would be made the finance minister, but when his hopes were not met, he revolted against the government.

“Even when adamant Yes He was not made a minister, he toppled the government with Jayalalithaa, then he went against Sonia Gandhi. He is not committed to any ideology, he is only committed to power and now he is hoping that Mamata Banerjee will send him to Rajya Sabha.

swami was last month fell From the National Executive, the top decision-making body of the BJP.

(Edited by Amit Upadhyay)

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