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Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, a staunch critic of Rahul Gandhi, on Friday said the Congress leader crossed all boundaries in his 'love for China' in the comments that he made on the recent India-China face-off in the Tawang sector of Arunachal Pradesh. Accusing the government of denying the serious threat from China which he has been raising for the past few years, Rahul Gandhi said China is preparing for war and not any incursion.

In his love for China, Rahul Gandhi crosses all boundaries.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will hold nationwide protests on Saturday against the "derogatory" remarks made by Pakistani foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari against Prime Minister Narendra Modi that sparked outrage across the country. "The protests will be held in all the state capitals across the country. BJP karyakartas will burn the effigy of Pakistan and Pakistani Foreign Minister and will strongly condemn the shameful statement of Pakistani Foreign Minister," BJP said in a statement on Friday.

This outrage comes in response to the Pakistani foreign minister's defamatory remarks made during a press conference at the United Nations in New York.

Describing Bilawal Bhutto's remark as "highly derogatory and full of cowardice", BJP said the remarks were given to divert global attention from Pakistan's collapsing economy, lawlessness, and anarchy in Pakistan.

Under former US President Barack Obama, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Pakistan's then Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar about support for terrorism. She said, "You will grow snakes in your yard. But if you think that it will only bite the neighbor, it is not!" This time, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar used Hillary's comment to target Islamabad regarding terrorism in the United Nations. Incidentally, Hina was also present there. A decade later, she is now Pakistan's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday reminded Pakistan about former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s “snakes in the backyard” advice and said the world sees Islamabad as the “epicenter of terrorism”. Giving another piece of advice to the neighboring country, Jaishankar asked Pakistan to be a “good neighbor” and contribute to economic growth and progress development the way other countries do.

Speaking at UN Headquarters, Jaishankar said, “A decade ago, Hillary Clinton during her visit to Pakistan said that if you keep snakes in your backyard you can’t expect them to bite only your neighbors, eventually they will bite the people who keep them in the backyard. Pakistan is not good at taking good advice. The world today sees them as the epicenter of terrorism.”

Days after a violent clash with Chinese troops in Tawang, India test-fired a nuclear-capable ballistic missile Agni-V that can strike targets at ranges up to 5,000 km, which means the missile can even reach Beijing. This test marked a significant boost to the country’s strategic deterrence, said officials.

The test-firing of the missile from the APJ Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast came amid India’s lingering border row with China.

The Agni-V project is aimed at boosting India’s nuclear deterrence against China which is known to have missiles like Dongfeng-41 having ranges between 12,000-15,000 km.