Arvind Kejriwal’s ‘everything is alright’ dig at Centre over China clash

India

oi-Deepika S

Kejriwal
said
while
Chinese
aggression
is
increasing
at
the
border,
the
BJP-led
Centre
says
“everything
is
alright”.

New
Delhi,
Dec
18:
Aam
Aadmi
Party
chief
Arvind
Kejriwal
on
Sunday
hit
out
at
the
Narendra
Modi
government
over
the
recent
faceoff
between
Indian
and
Chinese
troops
in
the
Tawang
sector
of
Arunachal
Pradesh.

Addressing
the
party’s
National
Council
meeting,
Delhi
Chief
Minister
Kejriwal
said
while
Chinese
aggression
is
increasing
at
the
border,
the
BJP-led
Centre
says
“everything
is
alright”.

Instead
of
“punishing”
China,
the
Modi
government
is
“rewarding
Beijing”
by
allowing
high
volumes
of
imports
from
the
country
even
though
many
Indian
soldiers
put
their
lives
on
the
line
while
fighting
Chinese
troops,
he
charged.
“Don’t
you
have
any
respect
for
our
soldiers?
Show
some
courage.
China
will
come
to
its
senses
if
India
stops
imports,”
Kejriwal
said.

He
also
appealed
to
the
nation
to
boycott
Chinese
products.
“They
say
Chinese
products
are
cheap.
We
do
not
want
Chinese
products
even
if
it
is
cheap.
We
are
ready
to
buy
made-in-India
products
even
if
it
costs
us
double,”
he
added.

India
and
Chinese
soldiers
clashed
along
the
LAC
last
Friday
amid
the
over
30-month
border
standoff
between
the
two
sides
in
eastern
Ladakh.

The
Tawang
incident
is
the
first
major
clash
between
the
India
and
the
Chinese
armies
since
August
2020
near
Rinchen
La
in
eastern
Ladakh.
Indian
and
Chinese
troops
were
engaged
in
a
brief
face-off
near
Yangtse
in
October
last
year
as
well
and
it
was
resolved
following
talks
between
local
commanders
of
the
two
sides
according
to
established
protocols.

The
ties
between
India
and
China
nosedived
significantly
following
the
fierce
clash
in
the
Galwan
Valley
in
June
2020
that
marked
the
most
serious
military
conflict
between
the
two
sides
in
decades.
Both
sides
gradually
enhanced
their
deployment
by
rushing
in
tens
of
thousands
of
soldiers
and
heavy
weaponry.

India
has
been
maintaining
that
its
relationship
with
China
cannot
be
normal
unless
there
is
peace
in
the
border
areas.
India
has
been
ramping
up
the
development
of
infrastructure
along
the
near
3,500-km
LAC
following
the
eastern
Ladakh
standoff
that
began
in
2020.