Sushma, Sitharaman did not confront China on Doklam: Congress

[ohmrlobalobayeh]

By: IANS | Bengaluru | Published: April 26, 2018 8:38:20 am

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. (File)
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The Congress on Wednesday accused the Narendra Modi government of not confronting China during visits of two union ministers to the neighbouring country over “full-fledged military complex” in Doklam and a new road to the south of the plateau.

In a statement, the party said that External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman visited China for bilateral meetings with their counterparts but did not raise the two issues while accusing the Modi government of “compromising” country’s security and national interests.

“Every patriotic Indian was deeply distressed and surprised by complete omission of the two cabinet ministers to confront China on creation of full-fledged Chinese military complex in Doklam right up to 10 metres from an Indian Army post,” said the statement issued by Congress leaders Randeep Singh Surjewala, Priyanka Chaturvedi and Rajeev Gowda.

It said the two ministers also failed to confront China over “a new road South of Doklam plateau to provide easy access to China to Jhamperi Ridge overlooking the Siliguri Corridor i.e strategic Chicken’s Neck, which is India’s gateway to the northeastern states”.

Noting Modi was slated to visit China later this month for an informal summit meeting with President Xi Jinping, it asked if he will take up the issue.

The Congress said that tri-junction at Doklam was an all-important issue for Bhutan and even more important for India’s strategic interests in relation to the “chicken’s neck”, adding it will support every endeavour to protect the country’s security and strategic interests but hoped that Modi government will provide the answers.

Congress leaders said that in June last year India’s armed forces stopped China from building a road in Doklam plateau, which led to a 73 day stand-off and the government subsequently issued a statement that both sides have agreed on “expeditious disengagement of border personnel at the face-off site at Doklam”.

The statement said that while Modi even came close at claiming “victory” at Doklam last October, media reports and satellite imagery suggested that the Chinese Army has not only built a full-fledged military complex in Doklam but also occupied the entire plateau right up to a short distance from an Indian Army post, while latest latest satellite imagery taken from Google Earth on Wednesday shows further construction.

The Congress said that Modi government had in January denied any such construction and the apparent Chinese threat in response to questions posed by it, but later admitted in Parliament that the Chinese Army “had undertaken construction of some infrastructure”.

 

[ohmrlobalobayeh]

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The statement said that while Modi even came close at claiming “victory” at Doklam last October, media reports and satellite imagery suggested that the Chinese Army has not only built a full-fledged military complex in Doklam but also occupied the entire plateau right up to a short distance from an Indian Army post, while latest latest satellite imagery taken from Google Earth on Wednesday shows further construction.

It said the two ministers also failed to confront China over “a new road South of Doklam plateau to provide easy access to China to Jhamperi Ridge overlooking the Siliguri Corridor i.e strategic Chicken’s Neck, which is India’s gateway to the northeastern states”.

now those face-loving PDF forumers who rejoiced in stopping chinese road construction(but was ironically, cool with a PLA military base in doklam) and advocated that a fictitious 'bilateral' disengagement took place- wished there wasnt such a thing called 'satellites'

So there u go, time eventually reveals everything.

Ha ha ha ha.

Indians offered their arses to the Mughals, and then for over 200 years- to the British. Now they also have to bend over for the Chinese- and have even sent Modi to China now to 'repair relations'(aka offer tribute).

Cultural lying is their only way of masking their inner sense of inferiority

Utter failure of a people.

 

[pothead]

The confrontation was done and the Chinese ran off with their tails firmly between their legs.

Congress and brainless pappu as usual are pretending facts are otherwise.

 

[Mace]

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/exc...-in-last-2-months-show-satellite-pics-1786851





now those face-loving PDF forumers who rejoiced in stopping chinese road construction(but was ironically, cool with a PLA military base in doklam) and advocated that a fictitious 'bilateral' disengagement took place- wished there wasnt such a thing called 'satellites'

So there u go, time eventually reveals everything.

Ha ha ha ha.

Indians offered their arses to the Mughals, and then for over 200 years- to the British. Now they also have to bend over for the Chinese- and have even sent Modi to China now to 'repair relations'(aka offer tribute).

Cultural lying is their only way of masking their inner sense of inferiority

Utter failure of a people.

Stop being silly. India wiped out memories of 1962 humiliation without firing a bullet.

 

[arbit]

Doesn't matter. We will solve all our issues on time.

 

[ashok321]

Look who came to receive Modi at the airport:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was received at the Airport by one Assistant Minister King Xuanyou, and his driver!

Modi visits Wuhan city, central China

 

[Shankranthi]

I fail to see the logic

What is the point of "confronting" china about their military build up inside their own territory ? We do the same in our territory.

We had issues over them constructing the road on disputed bhutanese land and china respected our views and found an alternative route and that ended happily enough for us.

So what seems to be the problem ?

 

[ashok321]

Excerpt:

The visit has been given front page treatment in India, meaning that the reporters covering the Ministry of External Affairs believe it is significant but it has been casually received in China. The South China Morning Post did not have coverage of the visit on its front page. The official China Daily led with the story of peace between North and South Korea instead of Modi’s visit. It appears that India wants this visit more than China does which means that we are looking for something from them. But what?

Some have speculated that it has to do with Doklam and the 2019 elections. That Modi will ask Xi not to embarrass him by sending the Chinese army into Bhutan again, this time rolling over our resistance.