By News18
New Delhi, Jul 3 (PTI) Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday targeted the Modi government over reports of Chinese engineers exiting from a manufacturing plant in India and China placing restrictions on export of rare earth magnets, saying the government鈥檚 鈥淐hinese guarantee鈥 has no expiry date.
He also questioned the government鈥檚 silence on Chinese restrictions on supply of speciality fertilisers.
鈥淣arendramodi ji, According to reports, China has withdrawn its officials from India鈥檚 manufacturing sector. Is it not true that the Modi government, which has completely failed on 鈥楳ake in India鈥 and 鈥楢tmanirbhar Bharat鈥, had forgotten Doklam and Galwan and rolled out 鈥榬ed carpet鈥 for Chinese companies and made it easier to issue visas to Chinese citizens so that they could benefit from the PLI scheme?鈥 he asked in a post in Hindi on X.
He was apparently referring to reports of Chinese engineers exiting Foxconn鈥檚 iPhone plant in south India.
Claiming that China has imposed strict restrictions on export of rare earth magnets and minerals to India, which are extremely essential for automobiles, EV, defense and high security currency printing, he said, 鈥淚s it not true that the Modi government is not taking any action on this and the Chinese officials have not even given official appointment or consent to the delegation of the Indian Automobile Industry?鈥 Noting that China has stopped exporting speciality fertilisers to India in the last two months while continuing to supply to other countries, he said India imports 80 percent of speciality fertilisers from China, and these are important for increasing the yield of fruits, vegetables and other profitable crops.
鈥淲ill this not harm our crores of farmers, who are already facing a crisis of Urea and DAP fertilisers?鈥 he asked.
鈥淵our government鈥檚 鈥楥hinese guarantee鈥 has no expiry date. You gave a 鈥榗lean chit鈥 to China five years ago, after the sacrifice of 20 brave soldiers of Galwan. Today China is taking full advantage of it and it seems that we are watching helplessly,鈥 the Congress president further alleged. PTI SKC SKC DV DV