Congress seeks debate on full gamut of India-China relations in monsoon session of Parliament

05/07/2025

New Delhi, Jul 4: Noting that a senior Army officer has reve-aled some details of the "extraordinary ways" by which China helped the Pakistan Air Force during Operation Sindoor, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said on Friday that the party would press for a discussion on full gamut of India-China relations during the monsoon session of Parliament beginning July 21.
In a post on X, Jairam Ramesh said the Modi government must agree to such a discussion so that a consensus can be built for a collective response to the geopolitical and economic challenges that China poses to India.
"The Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Capability Development and Sustenance) Lt. Gen Rahul R. Singh has just publicly confirmed what has been talked about ever since Operation Sindoor was halted abruptly at the intervention of President Trump. Lt. Gen Singh has revealed some details of the extraordinary ways by which China helped the Pakistan Air Force. This is the same China which completely destroyed the status quo in Ladakh five years ago but to which Prime Minister Modi gave a public clean chit on June 19, 2020," Jairam Ramesh said.
"For five years, the INC has been demanding a discussion on the full gamut of India-China relations in the Parliament. The Modi Government has consistently refused to have such a debate. The INC will continue to make this demand in the forthcoming monsoon session of Parliament, scheduled to commence on July 21, 2025. The Modi Government must agree at least now so that a consensus can be built for a collective response to the geopolitical and economic challenges that China poses to India - directly and through Pakistan," he added. India has ruled out any mediation in its issues with Pakistan and said that cessation of hostilities, following Op Sindoor, ended after the neighbouring country's DGMO called up his Indian counterpart.
Jairam Ramesh said that recently, China organised a trilateral meeting with Pakistan and Bangladesh in Kunming. "India's trade deficit with China is at record highs. The border agreement arrived at is not a restoration of the status quo," he said.
Speaking at the 'New Age Military Technologies' organised by FICCI, Lieutenant General Rahul R Singh, on Friday, outlined several key lessons learnt from Operation Sindoor launched by India in response to the Pahalgam terror attack.
"A considered decision was taken that it will be a tri-services approach to send the right message that we indeed are an integrated force... An important consideration was that we should always be at the top of the escalation ladder. When we reach a military objective, we should try and put a stop to it... War is easy to initiate, but it's very difficult to control. So I would say that was a very masterly stroke that was played to stop the war at an appropriate time," he added. (ANI)

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