‘BJP drama is commendable’: AAP’s Sanjay Singh alleges Modi’s government took 5,700cr loan to China
File photo of AAP MP Sanjay Singh | Photo credit: PTI
New Delhi: Aam Aadmi (AAP) party leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh lashed out at central government over India-China standoff and alleged Modi government had taken out a loan rupee 5,700 crore to China, as he called on people to boycott the neighboring country. .
“The BJP drama is commendable. You tell the country to boycott China and the Modi government borrows a loan of Rs 5,700 crore from China. The country’s soldiers lose their lives at the borders and the BJP government is working on the basis of a policy of submission, ”tweeted the leader of the AAP, roughly translated from Hindi.
Amid tensions over the Real Line of Control (LAC) with China, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy previously said there was a need to voluntarily boycott Chinese products in wherever possible.
Calls to boycott Chinese-made goods erupted across India after 20 soldiers died for the nation in a violent clash with Chinese troops in Ladakh’s Galwan Valley on June 15 and 16.
“There is a deep anti-Chinese sentiment on the rise in the country. The public is expressing anti-Chinese opinion across the country by organizing protests and paying homage to the martyrs as well. It is necessary to voluntarily boycott Chinese products for the public in the country wants it, ”Reddy said.
AIIB $ 750 million loan to India
On June 19, the Ministry of Finance announced that the Indian government and the Beijing-based multilateral financial institution, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) had signed an agreement for Covid-19 aid of 750 million. dollars (about Rs 5,688 crore) to India.
“The Indian government and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) have signed a US $ 750 million ‘Active Response and Expenditure Support Program’ to help India strengthen its response to the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the poor and the This is the AIIB’s very first budget support program to India, ”the ministry said.
AIIB is a multilateral development bank whose mission is to improve social and economic outcomes in Asia. It started its activities in January 2016 and now has 102 approved members worldwide.