New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Tuesday took a swipe at the BJP over the rising imports from China and said the ruling party says ‘Make in India’, but buys from China.
“Facts don’t lie. BJP says: Make in India. BJP does: Buy from China,” he said in a tweet along with a graph showing comparative volumes of imports from China during the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) regime and the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, showing a rise under the current dispensation.
Gandhi has been attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government over the India-China border standoff in eastern Ladakh, that led to the death of 20 Indian soldiers in a violent clash between the troops of the two countries.
The former Congress president has also been attacking the government on the ‘Make in India’ initiative, alleging that it has “failed” to yield results.
Earlier, India’s Modi led government banned nearly 60 Chinese mobile apps Monday including TikTok, citing national security concerns, after a deadly clash between their militaries this month raised tensions between the two countries to the highest level in decades.
The fighting two weeks ago, along the disputed border between the world’s two most populous countries, left 20 Indian soldiers dead and an unknown number of Chinese casualties.
PNN/Agencies
