Congress slams government's 'clean chit' to China, calls it PM's Chinese Guarantee 2.0

NEW DELHI: Slamming foreign minister S Jaishankar 's remark that China has not occupied any Indian land, Congress on Saturday said govt has issued another clean chit to the belligerent neighbour after Prime Minister Narendra Modi 's peace overture this week, which is akin to giving a "free pass" to China.

Congress prez Mallikarjun Kharge called the statements of top BJP leaders as "Modi's Chinese guarantee 2.0" which endangers the national security and territorial integrity of India.

"External affairs minister's statement that 'China has not occupied any of our land' is a copy-paste of Modi's clean chit to China, post Galwan, where 20 of our brave soldiers made the supreme sacrifice for Bharat Mata. Wearing '56-inch' long Chinese blinkers on the 'Laal Aankh', Modi govt has given a free pass to the Chinese, twice in a week's time. First Modi's interview in foreign press where he failed to put forth India's case strongly on the global stage, and now his foreign minister handing over another clean chit to expansionist China," he said.

Kharge said Modi govt has for last four years refused the opposition's requests to discuss the Chinese aggression, and asked if 19 rounds of talks with Beijing were to discuss increasing Chinese imports into India.

"Why has the status quo ante, pre 2020, not returned? Why is India still denied access to areas in Depsang Plains, Demchok Nalla and several patrolling points in Hot Springs and Gogra Post? Modi's policy towards China is 'M' for 'Meek'," he remarked.