ONLY GIVEN, NOT TAKEN: RAHUL

He went on to ask: "Why have the Indian troops been asked to move back af ter risking ever ything to capture the Kailash range? What has India got in return?" He pointed out that even as India has given up its strategic advantage, thee Chinese were still in Depsang and Pangong.

Asked why he and other Congress leaders did not intervene in Parliament when the Defence Minister made the statement, Rahul said: "We were not allowed to intervene in the Lok Sabha; we were not allowed to raise it, and I am sure we will not be allowed to have a debate on it, 100 per cent."

In reply to a question on India's partial success on being able to extract the concession to patrol in Pangong Lake, he shot back: "What success? It is like you entered my home and then gave me back my living room and bed room. Do you call it success?" When a correspondent pointed out that there is a "give and take" in such deals, Rahul flared up: "Give is clear. Gave area from Finger-3 to Finger-4. Give is clear that the Chinese are sitting in Depsong, Gogra and Hot Springs. But you tell me, where is the take? Why are you silent? The reason is clear. Our Prime Minister could not stand up against China."

He said: "The Prime Minister is betraying the sacrifice of our Army and nobody in India should be allowed to do so, nobody in the rest of the world should be allowed to do so....I think, people of India should be enraged about this. I am surprised that the Press is behaving in this manner, this is absolutely absurd. I mean, you have a responsibility to raise these things.’’

Asked whom will he trust if he can’t trust the defence minister's statement in Parliament, Rahul shot back: "I have trust in the Indian Army, in the Indian Air Force, in the Indian Navy.’’