A file photo of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. | Rahul Gandhi/Twitter
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and other members of his party on Wednesday walked out of a meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence, alleging that they were not allowed to speak or discuss matters of national security, PTI reported, citing unidentified officials.
The panel’s chairperson and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Jual Oram stopped Gandhi from speaking, when the latter sought to raise the matter of Chinese aggression along the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh.
The confrontation took place during a discussion on the uniforms of the Army, Navy and Air Force in the presence of the Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat. Gandhi intervened saying that instead of discussing uniforms, the political leadership should deliberate upon matters of national security and figure out ways to strengthen the forces who are fighting the Chinese troops in Ladakh.