BJP questions Rahul’s 2018 Kailash Yatra:Nishikant says LoP should reveal which two Chinese ministers he met, why he sent 200 people

BJP MP Nishikant Dubey has raised questions about Rahul Gandhi’s 2018 Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage. Dubey asked how the Congress leader was granted permission to visit Kailash Mansarovar when no Indian MP is allowed to go there. Dubey has sought details of Rahul’s meeting with two Chinese ministers. He has also sought information about the 200 people sent to China under the agreement signed between the Congress and the Communist Party of China in 2008. First, look at two photographs from Rahul’s 2018 Kailash pilgrimage… Questions from the BJP MP Reference to the 2019 meeting Dubey also referred to Rahul Gandhi’s statement at a town hall meeting held in Bhubaneswar in 2019. Rahul had said he met two Chinese ministers over “creating employment”. Dubey said Rahul Gandhi’s statement was significant because the Ministry of External Affairs had said in June 2018 that it had not received any formal request from Rahul Gandhi to visit the Tibet Autonomous Region. According to the Ministry of External Affairs, the request had come neither through a government-organised visit nor through a private visit. Dubey demanded transparency Dube said that India-China relations involve sensitive aspects related to strategy, diplomacy and national security. He said that any conversation between prominent Indian political leaders and representatives of the Chinese government must be subject to public scrutiny. The BJP MP said the country must receive clear answers to these questions. He said, “Transparency in conversations with foreign governments is not a political issue. It is a matter of accountability and national interest.” Rahul Gandhi’s 12-day journey Rahul Gandhi was the Congress president at the time. He began a 12-day journey to Kailash Mansarovar via Nepal on 31 August 2018. After the journey, Rahul Gandhi expressed satisfaction. He said, “A person goes to Kailash when Kailash calls them.” Rahul Gandhi wrote, “The water of Mansarovar Lake is very calm, still and gentle. It gives everything and loses nothing. Anyone can drink its water. There is no hatred here. That is why we in India worship this water.” Since then, the BJP has continued to question his trip. The BJP has demanded that the Congress leader explain the matter. ​