By PTI
DAUSA: Upping the ante on the federal government over the Sino-India border concern, the Congress on Friday cited the “ballooning” commerce deficit and stated whereas commerce is “normal” with that nation, the border is “abnormal”.
Congress common secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “exonerating” the Chinese together with his 2020 assertion on the border standoff and requested whether or not what had occurred again then was an “incursion” or an “excursion” by the Chinese.
Hitting out on the prime minister over his “silence” on the difficulty, Ramesh additionally alleged that the prime minister “forced” Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to learn a “most wishy-washy” assertion in Parliament earlier this week following the current face-off between Indian and Chinese forces in Tawang sector of Arunachal Pradesh, and asserted that it was the Opposition events’ democratic proper to hunt a debate on the necessary concern.
“The prime minister has met the president of China 18 times. (Former External Affairs Minister) Sushma Swaraj said trade and terrorism cannot go together. But after China disturbed the LAC arrangement in April 2020, our imports from China have zoomed, our trade deficit has ballooned,” he advised PTI whereas strolling within the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra right here.
“So, trade is normal but the border is abnormal. How can we reconcile this with what Sushma Swaraj had said in respect to Pakistan,” Ramesh stated.
Citing the instance of what occurred in 1962, the Congress chief stated when a full-fledged Chinese invasion was on, a debate was going down in Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha.
“Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and his colleagues in the cabinet heard the bitter, stinging criticism of the government and responded,” he stated.
L M Singhvi, who represented Pali within the Lok Sabha as a Swatantra Party member, had written to Nehru asking for a secret session of Parliament to debate the Chinese invasion and the then PM responded, saying it’s nonsensical to think about a secret session and it have to be an open session, Ramesh recounted.
This letter is on public report, he added.
Ramesh stated it’s extraordinary that an Opposition member of Parliament was writing to the prime minister calling for a secret session of Parliament to debate the Chinese invasion, however the PM stated it have to be mentioned overtly in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
“And here, we have a prime minister who has not spoken a word for two-and-a-half years and the only word he has spoken, he has exonerated the Chinese by saying there has been no incursion. So my question to the prime minister is that if there has been no Chinese incursion as he said on June 20, 2020, what was it, was it a Chinese excursion if it was not an incursion,” Ramesh stated.
What have been the Chinese doing in Ladakh and what are they doing in Arunachal Pradesh, he requested.
“Let us have a debate in Parliament. A debate is not meant to score political points, it is meant to reflect a collective resolve, a collective will of Parliament,” the Congress chief asserted.
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There are political variations and the Bharat Jodo Yatra was born out of political variations with the Modi regime, however despite that, on issues of exterior safety, we’ll converse in a single voice, he stated.
“But the prime minister rarely comes to Parliament and he forced Mr Rajnath Singh to read a most wishy-washy statement, the Opposition parties walked out and I think the demand for a debate, the rules of which can be set by the government, is a democratic right that is being denied to all opposition parties,” Ramesh stated.
Questioning the “silence” of the prime minister on the difficulty, he stated Chinese firms proceed to prosper in India and the prime minister continues to maintain silent.
“What are the relations between Vivekananda International Foundation and the India Foundation and the Chinese Communist Party, I would like to ask,” he stated.
Congress common secretary in-charge organisation Ok C Venugopal additionally slammed the federal government over the Sino-India border concern, saying individuals who have been speaking about nationalism when in Opposition, should not even permitting a dialogue on the border concern in Parliament.
“They (the BJP) talked a lot about this type of Chinese aggression but now they are not even allowing a discussion in Parliament. We are very much concerned about territorial integrity. China day by day is entering into our territory, the government is keeping mum,” he stated. Where will or not it’s debated aside from Parliament, he requested.
“The prime minister should make a statement, there should be a discussion on these things,” Venugopal advised PTI whereas strolling within the yatra.
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The remarks of the 2 Congress leaders come days after Singh, in an announcement to Parliament, stated Chinese troops tried to “unilaterally” change the established order alongside the Line of Actual Control (LAC) within the Yangtse space of Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang sector on December 9, however the Indian Army compelled them to retreat with its “firm and resolute” response.
The face-off occurred amid the over 30-month border standoff between the 2 sides in jap Ladakh.
The Congress has been demanding a dialogue on the border concern and accusing the federal government of hiding the reality.
DAUSA: Upping the ante on the federal government over the Sino-India border concern, the Congress on Friday cited the “ballooning” commerce deficit and stated whereas commerce is “normal” with that nation, the border is “abnormal”.
Congress common secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “exonerating” the Chinese together with his 2020 assertion on the border standoff and requested whether or not what had occurred again then was an “incursion” or an “excursion” by the Chinese.
Hitting out on the prime minister over his “silence” on the difficulty, Ramesh additionally alleged that the prime minister “forced” Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to learn a “most wishy-washy” assertion in Parliament earlier this week following the current face-off between Indian and Chinese forces in Tawang sector of Arunachal Pradesh, and asserted that it was the Opposition events’ democratic proper to hunt a debate on the necessary concern.
“The prime minister has met the president of China 18 times. (Former External Affairs Minister) Sushma Swaraj said trade and terrorism cannot go together. But after China disturbed the LAC arrangement in April 2020, our imports from China have zoomed, our trade deficit has ballooned,” he advised PTI whereas strolling within the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra right here.
“So, trade is normal but the border is abnormal. How can we reconcile this with what Sushma Swaraj had said in respect to Pakistan,” Ramesh stated.
Citing the instance of what occurred in 1962, the Congress chief stated when a full-fledged Chinese invasion was on, a debate was going down in Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha.
“Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and his colleagues in the cabinet heard the bitter, stinging criticism of the government and responded,” he stated.
L M Singhvi, who represented Pali within the Lok Sabha as a Swatantra Party member, had written to Nehru asking for a secret session of Parliament to debate the Chinese invasion and the then PM responded, saying it’s nonsensical to think about a secret session and it have to be an open session, Ramesh recounted.
This letter is on public report, he added.
Ramesh stated it’s extraordinary that an Opposition member of Parliament was writing to the prime minister calling for a secret session of Parliament to debate the Chinese invasion, however the PM stated it have to be mentioned overtly in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
“And here, we have a prime minister who has not spoken a word for two-and-a-half years and the only word he has spoken, he has exonerated the Chinese by saying there has been no incursion. So my question to the prime minister is that if there has been no Chinese incursion as he said on June 20, 2020, what was it, was it a Chinese excursion if it was not an incursion,” Ramesh stated.
What have been the Chinese doing in Ladakh and what are they doing in Arunachal Pradesh, he requested.
“Let us have a debate in Parliament. A debate is not meant to score political points, it is meant to reflect a collective resolve, a collective will of Parliament,” the Congress chief asserted.
ALSO READ | India blames China of making an attempt to change ‘establishment’, Beijing downplays Arunachal border conflict
There are political variations and the Bharat Jodo Yatra was born out of political variations with the Modi regime, however despite that, on issues of exterior safety, we’ll converse in a single voice, he stated.
“But the prime minister rarely comes to Parliament and he forced Mr Rajnath Singh to read a most wishy-washy statement, the Opposition parties walked out and I think the demand for a debate, the rules of which can be set by the government, is a democratic right that is being denied to all opposition parties,” Ramesh stated.
Questioning the “silence” of the prime minister on the difficulty, he stated Chinese firms proceed to prosper in India and the prime minister continues to maintain silent.
“What are the relations between Vivekananda International Foundation and the India Foundation and the Chinese Communist Party, I would like to ask,” he stated.
Congress common secretary in-charge organisation Ok C Venugopal additionally slammed the federal government over the Sino-India border concern, saying individuals who have been speaking about nationalism when in Opposition, should not even permitting a dialogue on the border concern in Parliament.
“They (the BJP) talked a lot about this type of Chinese aggression but now they are not even allowing a discussion in Parliament. We are very much concerned about territorial integrity. China day by day is entering into our territory, the government is keeping mum,” he stated. Where will or not it’s debated aside from Parliament, he requested.
“The prime minister should make a statement, there should be a discussion on these things,” Venugopal advised PTI whereas strolling within the yatra.
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The remarks of the 2 Congress leaders come days after Singh, in an announcement to Parliament, stated Chinese troops tried to “unilaterally” change the established order alongside the Line of Actual Control (LAC) within the Yangtse space of Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang sector on December 9, however the Indian Army compelled them to retreat with its “firm and resolute” response.
The face-off occurred amid the over 30-month border standoff between the 2 sides in jap Ladakh.
The Congress has been demanding a dialogue on the border concern and accusing the federal government of hiding the reality.
