Days after India and China introduced an settlement on patrolling by their militaries alongside the LAC in jap Ladakh, the Congress on Wednesday hit out on the Centre over the four-year-long standoff calling it an “indictment of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s gullibility and naivete.”
The Congress requested the federal government to take the folks of India into confidence on the matter and stated many questions remained about PM Modi authorities’s announcement of the settlement.
In a letter, issued by the social gathering’s Common Secretary Jairam Ramesh, Congress posted six direct inquiries to the BJP-led Centre on India’s truce with China in jap Ladakh.
The social gathering additionally hit out at Prime Minister Modi for visiting China 5 instances and holding conferences with Chinese language President Xi Jinping.
Many questions stay concerning the Modi authorities’s announcement that an settlement has been reached with China on patrolling preparations alongside the Line of Precise Management (LAC). Our assertion on this key situation of nationwide significance pic.twitter.com/VruDuzG2uG
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) October 23, 2024
“This sorry saga is a whole indictment of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s gullibility and naiveté relating to China. As CM of Gujarat, Modi was lavishly hosted by China 3 times. As PM, he made 5 official journeys to China and held 18 conferences with Chinese language Premier Xi Jinping, together with a pleasant jhoola session on the banks of the Sabarmati on his sixty fourth birthday,” the letter stated.
Congress additionally attacked the prime minister for his statements after the Galwan conflict, claiming it legitimised Chinese language aggression.
“India’s standing hit its lowest level on 19 June 2020 when the PM gave his notorious clear chit to China, saying “Na koi hamari seema mein ghus aaya hai, na hello koi ghusa hua hai”. This assertion was made solely 4 days after the conflict in Galwan wherein 20 of our courageous troopers made the supreme sacrifice. A profound insult to our fallen troopers, it additionally legitimised China’s aggression and thereby impeded the well timed decision of the standoff on the LAC,” the social gathering assertion stated.
The Congress alleged that the Parliament was denied any alternative to debate and maintain discussions to deal with the border problem within the final 4 years. The social gathering additional stated that India’s financial dependency on the Chinese language financial system elevated in the course of the standoff.
“Chinese language exports to India jumped from $70 billion in 2018-19 to a document $101 billion in 2023-24, whilst Indian exports to China stagnated at $16 billion. China is the highest provider to vital industrial sectors like electronics, equipment, chemical substances, prescription drugs and textiles,” the assertion added.
In the meantime, the Congress additionally posed six questions on the authorities:
– Will Indian troops be capable of patrol as much as India’s declare line in Depsang to 5 patrolling factors previous the Bottleneck junction as they had been capable of earlier?
– Will the Indian troops be capable of attain the three patrolling factors in Demchok which have remained out of bounds for greater than 4 years?
– Will the troopers proceed to be restricted to Finger 3 in Pangong Tso when earlier they might go so far as Finger 8?
– Are the Indian patrols permitted to entry the three patrolling factors within the Gogra-Scorching Springs space that they might earlier go as much as?
– Will Indian graziers as soon as once more be given the appropriate to entry conventional grazing grounds in Helmet Prime, Mukpa Re, Rezang La, Rinchen La, Desk Prime and Gurung Hill in Chushul?
– Are the “buffer zones” that our authorities ceded to the Chinese language, which included the location of a memorial in Rezang La to warfare hero and posthumous Param Vir Chakra awardee Main Shaitan Singh, now a factor of the previous?
The Congress assertion comes days after the Ministry of Exterior Affairs introduced on Monday that India and China firmed up an settlement on patrolling by their militaries alongside the LAC in jap Ladakh, in a serious breakthrough to finish the over four-year standoff.