Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Friday called for Rann Neeti (battle plan) and not Raj Neeti (politics) while dealing with China in the wake of clashes along the India-China border. He advised the Centre to tread cautiously without compromising the issues relating to national security and interests.
Extending solidarity to center KCR said, “During the Bangladesh war in 1970, Atal Bihari Vajpayee lauded Indira Gandhi as Goddess Durga. We need to adopt such spirit and strongly support the Centre as well as the Prime Minister. The Telangana State government and its people will stand with the Centre at such times,” he declared.
Stating that India was a peace-loving country, Chandrashekhar Rao said there is, however, a limit to its patience as well. He repeated that the country must defend itself strongly and wanted the Centre not to compromise on issues concerning national defense and security as well as protect its interest.
The Chief Minister, participating in the all-party meeting via video conference called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said the Union government should adopt both short-term and long-term strategies to counter China.
However, the Chief Minister advised Modi not to take any hasty decisions during the present face-off between China- India, participating in an all-party meeting held by Modi over a video conference. The State government would support fully the Central government in its endeavor, Rao assured Modi.
KCR attributed China’s increase confrontation with India to various factors including the new laws enacted for Kashmir to find permanent solutions to long-pending problems in the region. “We have been vocal about Pakistan Occupied Kashmir and declared that Aksai Chin is our territory which was occupied by China. We are also strengthening strategic locations in Galwan Valley. All these actions may have forced China to take such drastic measures,” he said.
The Chief Minister analyzed the special reasons for China’s latest provocation. India brought new Acts in regard to Jammu and Kashmir. “We are finding long-lasting solutions to the problems of J&K. We are talking loudly over PoK. The Union Minister announced in the Parliament recently that Aksai Chin area belonged to India but it was under the occupation of China. Galwan valley is a strategic point for the security of the country. China could not digest this and resorted to clashes there,” Rao said.
Chandrashekhar Rao said China’s confrontations with India were not new as similar clashes have been occurring since 1957 on the border issue. He said over 200 soldiers from the Indian Armed Forces lost their lives due to the attitude of China including the 1962 war between the two nations. “Due to the vast stretch of border extending over thousands of kilometers, such skirmishes have been occurring regularly. China is a threat to India and hence, we must deal with it strategically,” he added.
Amid growing demand to ban importing China-manufactured goods in India, Chandrashekhar Rao said any such move would be a hasty decision. He emphasized the need to make efforts to first start manufacturing these goods in India to make them available to the people at reasonable prices. He suggested that India focus on this issue.
Rao also suggested a strategic partnership with countries, which were friendly with India. “Join the D group as suggested by the UK. Join the Oran alliance. Repel the Huawei Company’s strategy. We have to act with a strategy,” Rao said.
Chandrashekhar Rao said China became unpopular and is being held responsible for the spread of coronavirus. He stated that several multi-national corporations were shifting out of China and were now looking at India for investments. India went up from the 142nd position to the 63rd position in Ease of Doing Business index of the World Bank. Due to investor-friendly policies being implemented effectively in India, Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) are also on the rise, he said.
“From 2014 to 2017, the FDI increased from $36 billion to $61 billion. There is a possibility of a further increase in FDIs. Several people are ready to shift their companies from China to Telangana State as well. China is not happy with these developments,” the Chief Minister explained further.