New Delhi, April 20 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey on Monday criticised Congress for apologising for protests against the then head of the state for China, Mao Tse-tung, in 1959, accusing former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of making India appear weak before the world.

Sharing a note from the Indian Government dated April 30, 1959, Nishikant Dubey accused Jawaharlal Nehru of not upholding the constitutional right to protest.

The BJP MP wrote on X, "Congress's Dark Chapter. On April 20, 1959, in Mumbai, some people held a demonstration against China in support of the Tibetan people and especially His Holiness the Dalai Lama. On April 27, China sent a threatening letter to the then Prime Minister Nehru ji for this d...