Cong renews call for Parliament debate on Indo-China ties

Congress wide caput in-charge of communications Jairam Ramesh

The Congress connected Friday reiterated its request for a parliamentary treatment connected India-China relations, citing caller statements by Deputy Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Rahul R Singh astir India facing dual threats from Pakistan and China.

AICC wide caput Jairam Ramesh said Lt Gen Singh publically confirmed what had been talked astir ever since Operation Sindoor was halted abruptly astatine the involution of US President Donald Trump. “He has revealed immoderate details of the bonzer ways by which China helped the Pakistani aerial force. This is the aforesaid China that unilaterally altered Ladakh’s presumption quo 5 years ago, yet received a nationalist cleanable chit from PM Modi connected June 19, 2020,” helium said.

The Congress person said for 5 years, the Congress had been demanding a treatment connected the afloat gamut of India-China relations successful Parliament. “The authorities has consistently refused to person specified a debate. We volition proceed to marque this request successful the forthcoming monsoon session,” helium said, adding that the authorities “must present hold truthful that a statement tin beryllium built for a corporate effect to the geopolitical and economical challenges that China poses to India -- straight and done Pakistan”.

“Recently, China organised a trilateral conscionable with Pakistan and Bangladesh successful Kunming. India’s commercialized shortage with China is astatine grounds high. The borderline statement arrived astatine is not a restoration of the presumption quo,” Jairam said.