Jaishankar Tells Rahul to 'Get Facts Straight' on Galwan Face-Off

Union Minister of External Affairs took the war of words to Twitter by asking Rahul to “get his facts straight.”

As the Bharatiya Janata Party and the central government up the ante against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over the latter’s constant attacks over the Indo-China border situation, Union Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar has now taken the war of words to Twitter by asking him to “get his facts right.”

Gandhi on Thursday, 18 June retweeted an interview by Hindustan Times’ National and Political Editor Sunetra Choudhary with Lt Gen (Retd) HS Panag on the Indo-China clashes and asked, “How dare China kill our UNARMED soldiers? Why were our soldiers sent UNARMED to martyrdom?”

Let us get the facts straight.

All troops on border duty always carry arms, especially when leaving post. Those at Galwan on 15 June did so. Long-standing practice (as per 1996 & 2005 agreements) not to use firearms during faceoffs. https://t.co/VrAq0LmADp

— Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) June 18, 2020