PM Modi’s clean chit to China set to become letter of support for Adani’s overseas investments: Congress

Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh alleged the risk is now that Adani Group’s investments in China will add national security and territorial sovereignty to the growing list of sacrifices that India has made at the altar of PM Modi’s ‘special friendships’

In a detailed statement, the Congress on Tuesday (September 10, 2024) took a dig at “non biological PM” for giving “clean chit to China” after reports of Adani Group floating a China subsidiary for providing project management services came in a day before.

Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh alleged the risk is now that the conglomerate’s investments in China will add national security and territorial sovereignty to the growing list of sacrifices that India has made at the altar of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “special friendships”.

Mr. Ramesh also alleged that “the non biological PM’s clean chit to China on June 19, 2020” was one of the most damaging statements ever made by an Indian prime minister.

“It was a flat-out lie that eroded the sanctity of the position, and it enabled the Chinese to deny the reality of their infringement on and continued occupation of Indian territory,” Mr. Ramesh said in a statement.

He branded the Prime Minister’s policy towards China as “inadequate”, targetting the Central Government over its ‘inattention to the risks of uncontrolled Chinese imports, investments, and immigration’.

“The Indian Government, despite the looming national security threat of Chinese soldiers on our borders and within our territory, has been scatter-brained in its response. TikTok has been banned, but imports from China have surged and wreaked havoc domestically,” Mr. Ramesh wrote on X.

“The Government has also simultaneously moved to fast-track visas for Chinese worker in India and encouraged Chinese investments,” he added.