“PM fabricated a fake strongman image to come to power. It was his biggest strength. It is now India’s biggest weakness,” Gandhi tweeted while introducing his latest video capsule in which he reflected on the Chinese approach and Modi’s challenges.
“They (Chinese) understand that to be an effective leader, Narendra Modi has to protect the idea of the ‘56 inch (chest)’ and this is the idea that the Chinese are attacking. They are basically telling Narendra Modi that “if you do not say what we are saying, we will destroy the idea of Narendra Modi as a strong leader.”
“Now the question is how will he (Modi) react… will he say, ‘I will take you on’ and say ‘I am the PM. I do not care about my image’…or will he succumb. The worry I have is that the PM has succumbed… that the Chinese are sitting in our territory today and the PM has publicly said that they are not. To me, it indicates that he is worried about his image. If he allows the Chinese to understand that they can manipulate him, the Indian prime minister will no longer be working for the country,” Gandhi claimed.