“India today speaks with strength, not submission”: Assam CM hits back at Rahul Gandhi’s “surrender” remarks on PM

New Delhi: Launching a scathing attack on Congress MP Rahul Gandhi over his “surrender” remarks on PM Modi, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday slammed Congress, accusing it of surrendering India’s pride, security, and sovereignty over historical dates from losing PoK and Aksai Chin.

In a long post on X, CM Himanta, citing Prime Minister Modi’s strong response through Uri, Balakot, and Galwan, said that “India today speaks with strength, not submission.”

“Rahul Gandhi has the audacity to mock the Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi as “Surrender Modi” despite the massive success of #OperationSindoor. Let’s jog his memory as to which party and family has surrendered India’s interest and territory, and backstabbed the people with their treachery,” he said.

“It was Pandit Nehru who rushed to the United Nations during the Kashmir conflict, halted our advancing Army, and gifted away what we now call Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. A military victory sacrificed at the altar of global appeasement,” CM Sarma said.

Attacking the Congress over Aksai Chin, the Assam CM said that 38,000 sq km of Indian territory was handed over without firing a bullet.

“Nehru’s only response when China threatened Assam? Was this statesmanship or surrender @RahulGandhi? Assam was nearly cut off. The entire Northeast was abandoned to fate,” Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

Further, CM Sarma said that former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had 93,000 Pakistani soldiers in custody during the 1971 war, the moment, he said, could be used to take back PoK.

“Indira Gandhi had 93,000 Pakistani soldiers in custody after the 1971 war. But instead of using that leverage to recover PoK or secure reparations, she released them–empty-handed. A historic military win squandered at the negotiating table,” he said.

“Despite full readiness, the Congress government deferred India’s nuclear tests under American pressure. It took Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 1998 to finally make India a declared nuclear power. After 166 innocent Indians were butchered by Pakistan-backed terrorists in 26/11, what did Congress do? No response. No justice. No accountability. Just silence,” the Assam CM said.

Sharpening his attacks further, CM Himanta Sarma claimed that the Congress didn’t just surrender land, it surrendered India’s pride, security, and sovereignty.

“Even after victory, they couldn’t secure 9 Indian POWs from Pakistan. Even after the liberation of Bangladesh, they left Assam vulnerable, its fate hanging by the “chicken neck” corridor. Even in 1962, Nehru was ready to abandon Assam to the Chinese,” he said.

Praising Prime Minister Modi’s leadership, the Assam CM said that those “dark days are over”.

“Under PM Narendra Modi, India doesn’t plead. We act in Uri, we strike in Balakot, we stand our ground in Galwan, and we lead globally. From military to diplomacy, from economy to national security, India today speaks with strength, not submission. Congress must stop projecting its own history of cowardice onto the shoulders of a leader who refuses to bend. India remembers. India has risen. And India won’t surrender again,” CM Himanta said on X.

This comes after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attacked the BJP-led government on Tuesday over allegations of mediation by the United States in Operation Sindoor.

He alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi “followed” Donald Trump following a call by the US leader and that the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi did not budge to the US in the 1971 war.

Addressing a convention of Congress workers in Bhopal, LoP Rahul Gandhi said, “Now, I understand RSS-BJP well. They run away out of fear if slight pressure is put on them. When Trump called Modiji- Modiji kya kar rahe ho, Narender-Surrender and with ‘ji hazooor’, Narenderji followed Trump. In the 1971 war, the Seventh Fleet (which came from the US), India Gandhi said I will do whatever I have to do. This is the difference. This is their character; all of them are like this. Since the Independence movement, they have had the habit of writing letters of surrender.”