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The former Congress chief said the Army, Navy and the Air Force should decide what the colour of their uniform should be, and not the politicians.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and other members of his party on Wednesday walked out of a meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Defence, alleging that the panel s time was being wasted in discussing armed forces uniform instead of the crucial issue of national security, sources said.
Gandhi was disallowed to speak at the meeting by the panel chairman Jual Oram (BJP) when he sought to raise the issues of Chinese aggression and better equipping the soldiers at the border in Ladakh, they said.
Citing waste of time, Rahul Gandhi walks out of parliamentary panel meet on defence
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Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday walked out of a meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Defence, accusing the panel of wasting time by discussing uniforms instead of Chinese aggression and national security, sources said.
According to sources, Rahul Gandhi tried to raise the issue of Chinese agression and better equipping the soldiers on the borders with China in Ladakh, but he was not allowed to speak by the committee s Chairman Jual Oram.
The sources claimed that the committee was discussing the uniforms of the three armed forces in the presence of Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, when Rahul Gandhi tried to intervene saying that the time of the panel was being wasted by discussing uniforms instead of Chinese agression on the borders and equipping the armed forces personnel in a better way.
Not allowed to raise China border issue, Rahul Gandhi walks out of Defence Parliament panel meeting
Not allowed to raise China border issue, Rahul Gandhi walks out of Defence Parliament panel meeting
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi walked out of a Defence Parliament panel meeting after he was not allowed to raise the China border issue, sources have said.
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday walked out of a meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Defence. According to sources quoted by news agency PTI, Rahul Gandhi left the meeting after he was not allowed to speak when he sought to raise the issues of Chinese aggression and better equipping the soldiers at the border in Ladakh.
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Rahul Gandhi walks out of meeting of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence
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Congress leader claims panel’s time being wasted by discussing about uniforms rather than security issues
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Congress leader claims panel’s time being wasted by discussing about uniforms rather than security issues
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi, along with two party colleagues, walked out of a meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence on Wednesday after a sharp exchange in which Mr. Gandhi alleged that the panel’s time was being wasted by discussing about uniforms of the Armed Forces instead of ‘strategic issues of national security’.