By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net,
Guwahati: Senior leader of Communist Party of India (CPI) D. Raja has criticized the Chinese Army chief’s statement regarding Indian Army’s movement. Raja who is in Guwahati for a party meet said that Major General Luo Yuan should maintain restraint and not make such provoking statements at a time when Indian Defence Minister A.K. Antony is on an official visit to Beijing.
Earlier, Major-General Luo Yuan had said that India should be cautious about what it does and says and should not provoke new problems by deploying more troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
CPI leader D Raja speaking during a party meet. Photo: Dasarath Deka
“If the Chinese Army Chief has made such a statement, it is unwarranted and provocative. At a time when Indian defence minister A.K. Antony is on a visit to China, the resolution of border dispute between India and China is at higher level at the level of political leadership of both the countries, both India and China,” Raja said on Friday.
He also said that even the Chinese premier Li Keqiang had wanted friendship with India during his visit.
“If that is the spirit, the Chinese Army Chief must restraint, he should not make such provocative statements particularly at the time when our own Defence Minister A.K. Antony is on an official visit to China. They should leave the border dispute to be solved by the political leadership by both the countries,” he added.
Moreover, the CPI national secretary also expressed the party’s dissatisfaction regarding the Food Security Ordinance.
“The Ordinance is not at all acceptable to us as it is undemocratic. It’s a poll gimmick by the UPA government and nothing else. What was hurry to issue an ordinance? We are demanding a thorough comprehensive debate. The present bill also needed to be drastically amended,” he said.
Earlier, the Union Cabinet had approved a food security ordinance to implement the Food Security Bill which aims to provide subsidised food grain to around 67 percent of India’s 1.2 billion people. Other political parties including BJP, Samajwadi Party too have opposed the ordinance.