Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Photo: X/@INCIndia via PTI
The Congress on Tuesday (September 30, 2025) accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “betraying“ the people of Ladakh with Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi demanding a judicial probe into the death of four protesters in police firing in the Union Territory.Kargil war veteran Tsewang Tharchin was one of those killed on September 24, when protests over Statehood and inclusion of Ladakh under the Sixth Schedule turned violent.Taking to social media platform X, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Mr. Gandhi posted on the anguish caused by the Kargil veteran’s death.Mr. Kharge shared a video of the late Tharchin’s father and said, “Ladakh’s sorrow is the sorrow of the entire nation”. He targeted the BJP for its hollow nationalism. “Shaheed Tsewang Tharchin fulfilled his duty towards Mother India in the Kargil War. What did he get in return? A bullet from the Modi government in Ladakh! The father was also in the Army, the son was also in the Army,” Mr. Kharge said.Making a political charge, the Congress chief said the Prime Minister himself gave China a clean chit when 20 brave soldiers sacrificed their lives for the country at the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh’s Galwan.“If he didn’t remember the valour of our brave soldiers then, what chance is there now? Those who can give China a CLEAN CHIT, what respect will they show for the martyrdom of brave soldiers like our Tsewang Tharchin!. This is the BJP’s hollow nationalism,” Mr. Kharge alleged.
