Spokesperson: Sri Pawan Khera: Addressing a press conference, Chairman, Media and Publicity (Communications Department), Shri Pawan Khera said that the BJP’s repeated claims of showing “Laal Aankh” to China had effectively turned into “Laal Salaam” to the CPC. He alleged that India’s strategic interests, territorial integrity and sovereignty have been severely undermined under the Modi government.

Referring to the Galwan clash in which 20 Indian Army personnel were killed, Shri Pawan Khera alleged that the Prime Minister’s subsequent remarks amounted to giving China a “clean chit”, which emboldened Beijing’s expansionist posture. He said China had militarily backed Pakistan during ‘Operation Sindoor’, a fact acknowledged by Deputy Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Rahul R Singh, yet the Modi government was now proposing to lift restrictions on Chinese companies. Shri Pawan Khera alleged that China’s ban on exports of specialised fertilisers to India and its blocking of Indian companies’ access to critical rare earth minerals were directly hurting Indian farmers and industry, even as the government continued issuing tourism visas to Chinese nationals.

He also cited China’s military build-up in eastern Ladakh, creation of buffer zones without restoration of the pre-May 2020 status quo, construction of bridges in Pangong Tso, and a growing trade deficit with China, all of which he said had been ignored by the Modi government.

Expressing concern over China’s proposed mega dam on the Brahmaputra, Shri Pawan Khera called it a serious threat to India’s water security and the ecology of the North East.

Alleging policy contradictions, Shri Pawan Khera said that while the BJP and RSS publicly call for a boycott of Chinese goods, the government procured smart meters in Jammu & Kashmir from blacklisted Chinese companies. The Indian National Congress demanded full accountability and complete transparency from the government on its China policy, including public disclosure of the agenda, minutes and outcomes of all closed-door meetings between representatives of the Communist Party of China and BJP/RSS functionaries. Tuesday January 13, 2026