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On the fifth anniversary of the deadly Galwan Valley clash, the Congress party renewed its demand for a full-fledged debate in Parliament on India’s relationship with China, citing grave national security threats and growing economic dependence.
The party urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to permit such a discussion during the upcoming Monsoon session.
Congress general secretary in-charge of communications, Jairam Ramesh, launched a scathing attack on the Modi government, accusing it of surrendering both territory and economic leverage to Beijing.
“Today is the fifth anniversary of PM Modi’s infamous clean chit to China, when he said ‘Na koi hamari seema mein ghus aaya hai, na hi koi ghusa hua hai’ only four days after 20 of our brave soldiers gave their lives for the nation in Galwan on 15 June, 2020,” Ramesh wrote on X, sharing a video clip of Modi making the controversial statement.
Ramesh criticised the October 2024 disengagement agreement with China, claiming it restricted India’s patrolling rights in sensitive regions.
“This sorry episode concluded with a withdrawal agreement on 21 October, 2024 under which Indian patrols require Chinese concurrence to reach their patrolling points in Depsang, Demchok, and Chumar. “Buffer zones” in Galwan, Hot Spring, and Pangong Tso lie predominantly within the Indian claim line and seemingly permanently prevent our troops from accessing points to which they had unrestricted access before April 2020. This is nowhere close to the status quo as demanded by our Armed Forces and represents a tremendous territorial setback to India,” he said.
Ramesh also highlighted India’s ballooning trade deficit with China, pegged at a record $99.2 billion for 2024–25.
“Meanwhile, imports from China are booming - especially electronics, electric batteries, and solar cells. Important sectors like telecom, pharmaceuticals, and electronics are critically dependent on Chinese imports. The trade deficit with China has reached a record $99.2 billion in 2024-25,” he stated.
Quoting External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s past statement that India, as the smaller economy, could not confront China, Ramesh said, “Meanwhile exports to China are lower today than they were in 2013-14 despite a much weaker rupee, that should in theory have made exports more competitive. This surrender to Chinese economic might is the result of the External Affairs Minister’s similarly infamous statement when he said: 'Look, they are the bigger economy. What am I going to do? As a smaller economy, am I going to pick up a fight with the bigger economy?'"
Further escalating his criticism, the Congress leader alleged that China played a direct role in aiding Pakistan during Operation Sindoor, going beyond supplying weaponry like the J-10C fighters and PL-15E missiles.
“It is now increasingly clear that China played a pivotally enbedded role in Pakistan’s military operations during Operation Sindoor. This support goes deeper than the supply of weapon systems such as the J-10C fighter and PL-15E air-to-air missile. It encompasses the domains of AI, multi-domain operations and stealth, with Pakistan likely to get up to 40 J-35 stealth fighters from China in the near future. The challenge of a single front encompassing our northern and western borders appears to be a reality today,” he said.
Congress demanded the government take these strategic concerns seriously and involve all political parties in crafting a national security framework.
“The Congress party has been calling for a detailed debate on China for the past five years. That has not happened. We hope that the Prime Minister will finally agree to such a discussion in the forthcoming session of Parliament. It is important to collectively work towards a national consensus on these vital national security and economic challenges posed by China's emergence as the world's dominant manufacturing power and as the world's second largest economy - that may well overtake that of the USA in a decade,” Ramesh said.
The party also took aim at Prime Minister Modi’s silence over former US President Donald Trump’s recent claim that he brokered a ceasefire between India and Pakistan.
Congress leader Pawan Khera posted a video of Trump stating he spoke with both Modi and Pakistan’s Army Chief Asim Munir and took credit for stopping a potential war.
The party urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to permit such a discussion during the upcoming Monsoon session.
Congress general secretary in-charge of communications, Jairam Ramesh, launched a scathing attack on the Modi government, accusing it of surrendering both territory and economic leverage to Beijing.
“Today is the fifth anniversary of PM Modi’s infamous clean chit to China, when he said ‘Na koi hamari seema mein ghus aaya hai, na hi koi ghusa hua hai’ only four days after 20 of our brave soldiers gave their lives for the nation in Galwan on 15 June, 2020,” Ramesh wrote on X, sharing a video clip of Modi making the controversial statement.
Ramesh criticised the October 2024 disengagement agreement with China, claiming it restricted India’s patrolling rights in sensitive regions.
“This sorry episode concluded with a withdrawal agreement on 21 October, 2024 under which Indian patrols require Chinese concurrence to reach their patrolling points in Depsang, Demchok, and Chumar. “Buffer zones” in Galwan, Hot Spring, and Pangong Tso lie predominantly within the Indian claim line and seemingly permanently prevent our troops from accessing points to which they had unrestricted access before April 2020. This is nowhere close to the status quo as demanded by our Armed Forces and represents a tremendous territorial setback to India,” he said.
Ramesh also highlighted India’s ballooning trade deficit with China, pegged at a record $99.2 billion for 2024–25.
“Meanwhile, imports from China are booming - especially electronics, electric batteries, and solar cells. Important sectors like telecom, pharmaceuticals, and electronics are critically dependent on Chinese imports. The trade deficit with China has reached a record $99.2 billion in 2024-25,” he stated.
Quoting External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s past statement that India, as the smaller economy, could not confront China, Ramesh said, “Meanwhile exports to China are lower today than they were in 2013-14 despite a much weaker rupee, that should in theory have made exports more competitive. This surrender to Chinese economic might is the result of the External Affairs Minister’s similarly infamous statement when he said: 'Look, they are the bigger economy. What am I going to do? As a smaller economy, am I going to pick up a fight with the bigger economy?'"
Further escalating his criticism, the Congress leader alleged that China played a direct role in aiding Pakistan during Operation Sindoor, going beyond supplying weaponry like the J-10C fighters and PL-15E missiles.
“It is now increasingly clear that China played a pivotally enbedded role in Pakistan’s military operations during Operation Sindoor. This support goes deeper than the supply of weapon systems such as the J-10C fighter and PL-15E air-to-air missile. It encompasses the domains of AI, multi-domain operations and stealth, with Pakistan likely to get up to 40 J-35 stealth fighters from China in the near future. The challenge of a single front encompassing our northern and western borders appears to be a reality today,” he said.
Congress demanded the government take these strategic concerns seriously and involve all political parties in crafting a national security framework.
“The Congress party has been calling for a detailed debate on China for the past five years. That has not happened. We hope that the Prime Minister will finally agree to such a discussion in the forthcoming session of Parliament. It is important to collectively work towards a national consensus on these vital national security and economic challenges posed by China's emergence as the world's dominant manufacturing power and as the world's second largest economy - that may well overtake that of the USA in a decade,” Ramesh said.
The party also took aim at Prime Minister Modi’s silence over former US President Donald Trump’s recent claim that he brokered a ceasefire between India and Pakistan.
Congress leader Pawan Khera posted a video of Trump stating he spoke with both Modi and Pakistan’s Army Chief Asim Munir and took credit for stopping a potential war.
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