New Delhi, Aug 18 (UNI) Ahead of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s two-day visit to India, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh launched a sharp attack on the Modi government, highlighting the visit comes just three months after China provided intelligence support to Pakistan during Operation Sindoor.
Ramesh pointed to Beijing’s open backing of Pakistan during the military operation earlier this year, calling attention to the growing strategic and security threats along India’s borders.
The Congress MP said that India is “paying the price” for the Prime Minister Modi’s “clean chit” to China following the Galwan Valley clashes in June 2020, in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed, stating “Na koi hamari seema mein ghus aaya hai, na hi koi ghusa hua hai.” It is worth mentioning that 20 Indian troops died in the Galwan clashes on June 19, 2020.
He said that despite asking for a return to the status quo of April 2020, the government agreed to a “disengagement” with China in October 2024 under which Indian patrols require Chinese concurrence to reach their patrolling points in Depsang, Demchok, and Chumar.
In a post made on X the leader stated, “India has agreed to “buffer zones” in Galwan, Hot Spring, and Pangong Tso that lie within the Indian claim line. This is far from the status quo as it prevailed before the Chinese aggression. India is paying the price for Prime Minister Modi’s (infamous) clean chit to China given publicly on June 19, 2020 when he had declared “Na koi hamari seema mein ghus aaya hai, na hi koi ghusa hua hai.”
Jairam Ramesh blamed China for openly supporting Pakistan during Operation Sindoor earlier this year and underscored China’s strategic and security danger manifest along India’s borders and rivers.
“Only three months ago, China gave total military support to Pakistan during Operation Sindoor, providing it with weapon systems such as the J-10C fighter and PL-15 air-to-air missile and a variety of missiles and drones. China provided Pakistan live intelligence against India according to Deputy Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Rahul R Singh, who went so far as to state on July 4, 2025, that China was one of the “adversaries” India was fighting during Operation Sindoor. China has also begun construction of the 60 GW Medog dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo river, which has very serious implications for India,” the post read.
Claiming in his X post Jairam Ramesh also wrote, “Despite the clear desire by the Indian Army for a return to the status quo of April 2020, the government agreed to a “disengagement” with China in October 2024 under which Indian patrols require Chinese concurrence to reach their patrolling points in Depsang, Demchok, and Chumar.”
The ministry of external affairs (MEA) confirmed that Wang Yi will pay a two-day visit to India beginning from today to hold the 24th round of Special Representatives’ talks on the boundary question with national security advisor Ajit Doval.
At the invitation of National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit India on 18-19 August 2025.
During his visit, he will hold the 24th round of the Special Representatives’ (SR) Talks on the India-China boundary question with India’s SR, NSA Doval. EAM Dr. S. Jaishankar will hold a bilateral meeting with Wang Yi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also expected to travel to China to take part in the annual Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit on August 31.
