During an interplay with ex-servicemen, which he shared on his YouTube channel on Sunday, Gandhi had additionally mentioned India is “extremely vulnerable” and should act now or else it would undergo a “huge setback”.

Queried on this assertion, Thakur mentioned, “Rahul Gandhi is probably still living in the era of 1962. I would like to tell Rahul you should not indulge in humiliating the Indian Army time and again. Has the Congress decided to bring down the morale of the Indian Army by insulting the Indian Army again and again? Or does Rahul Gandhi have no faith in the Indian Army?” Thakur mentioned Indian troopers had efficiently carried out surgical strikes to hit on the root of terror and likewise given a befitting reply to aggression in Doklam.

Asserting the defence forces have been sturdy and able to defending India in any state of affairs, Thakur mentioned individuals nonetheless wish to know what Gandhi was “drinking, eating or talking with the Chinese officials at that time”.

“It is true for 10 years during the Congress rule, soldiers did not get snow boots and suits, bullet proof jackets or fighter planes,” the Union minister for data and broadcasting alleged.

During his interplay with ex-servicemen on Sunday, Gandhi had mentioned the clashes between Indian and Chinese troopers at Galwan and Doklam have been linked and have been a part of that nation’s technique to hit India along with Pakistan.

“China and Pakistan have become one and if a war breaks out, it will not just be with one, but with both. The country will suffer a huge setback. India is now extremely vulnerable,” Gandhi had mentioned within the five-minute video.