Rahul Gandhi attacks Sushma Swaraj on Doklam issue, says she prostrated in front of Chinese power

"Amazing how a lady like Sushma ji has buckled and prostrated herself in front of Chinese power. Absolute subservience to the leader means our brave jawan has been betrayed on the border," the Congress president tweeted.

Gandhi's onslaught, which is bound to evoke backlash from the BJP as well as the Government, came a day after Swaraj made a statement in the Lok Sabha on the Doklam standoff, saying it was

resolved through "diplomatic maturity" without losing any ground.

She said: "There is no change in the status quo (on the ground). There is not an iota of change. The face-off at sight has been resolved on August 28, 2017."

Gandhi, in support of his accusation, cited a news report published in Outlook that quotes a top US official as saying China has quietly resumed its activities in the Doklam area and neither Bhutan nor India has sought to dissuade it.

According to the report in Outlook, China has finished an all-weather road in Shaksgam which lies north of Siachen and China and the construction work has been on since the crisis.

Chinese activities in Dolkam were recently discussed during a US Congressional hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee for Asia and the Pacific when Congresswoman Ann Wagner posed a question to a State Department official.