Union law minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday attacked Rahul Gandhi for his comments on China and tweeted that the Yangtse area in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang is “fully secured now” with “adequate deployment” of the army, posting a picture of himself with soldiers in the area.

Yangtse is where a clash between Indian and Chinese soldiers left several of them injured earlier this month after the Chinese allegedly transgressed the Line of Actual Control.

The picture was undated and Rijiju did not claim that it was taken after the clash, but read with the message, it appeared to convey that message. However, Twitter users pointed out that the picture was the same one the minister had shared in 2019.

Reacting to the picture, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh dubbed Rijiju a “Shameless Distorian” while party colleague Supriya Shrinate said the minister should not have posted a 2019 photograph.

Rahul had said on Friday that China was preparing for war and the Indian government was sleeping over the threat.

Rijiju said Rahul was insulting the army.

Written with PTI report