New Delhi, Jul 23(UNI) Stressing the need to adopt a global vision to deal with China, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is focused on building his own image which was what has led to the present situation.
In the latest in the series of videos on social media on the current issues facing the country, Mr Gandhi said,'Psychologically you have to deal with the Chinese from a position of strength. If you deal with them from a position of strength, you can work with them you can get what you need But if they sense weakness then you had it.
India has to have a global vision. It is the PM 's responsibility to give the vision. it's not there and that’s why China's is in there today. PM is 100 per cent focused on building his own image. India's captured institutions are all busy doing this task. One man's image is not a substitute for a national vision ."
Stressing the need for a change in approach in dealing with China, he said, 'We have this border issue and we have to resolve this border issue. But we have to change our approach we have to change how we think.This this is the point at which the road parts. If we go this way we become a major player if we go this way, we become irrelevant. That is why I'm aggravated.
'Because I can see that a huge opportunity is being lost. Because we are not thinking long term; because we are not thinking big and because we are disturbing our internal balance. We are fighting amongst each other. Just look at the politics. All day long; all day long; Indian is fighting Indian.And it is because there is no clear cut vision going forward.'
On his criticism of the government's handling of the China issue, he said, "I know the Prime Minister is an opponent. My responsibility is to ask questions and put pressure on him so that he does his work.'
In his last video, Mr Gandhi had said that "PM fabricated a fake strongman image to come to power. It was his biggest strength. It is now India's biggest weakness."
Mr Gandhi and the Congress party have been criticizing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the NDA government on their failure to prevent China from making incursions on Indian territory.
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