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The Congress connected Friday (January 9, 2026) cited a media study to assertion that the Modi Government is present proposing to assistance five-year-old curbs connected Chinese companies bidding for Indian authorities contracts and claimed that this is "nothing abbreviated of a calibrated capitulation" to Chinese aggression.
The Opposition enactment besides demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi indispensable explicate his Government's abrupt "U-turns" connected China argumentation during the forthcoming Budget Session of Parliament.
Congress wide caput successful complaint of communications, Jairam Ramesh, shared connected X (formerly Twitter) a media study which claimed that India's Finance Ministry plans to scrap five-year-old restrictions connected Chinese firms bidding for authorities contracts. There was nary contiguous effect from the authorities connected the claims.
"Eight months aft China gave afloat subject backing (and fronting) to Pakistan during Operation Sindoor and was described by Deputy Chief of Army Staff Lt. General Rahul R. Singh arsenic 1 of India's 'adversaries', the Modi Government is present proposing to assistance five-year-old curbs connected Chinese companies bidding for Indian authorities contracts," Mr. Ramesh said connected X.
Eight months aft China gave afloat subject backing (and fronting) to Pakistan during Operation Sindoor and was described by Deputy Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Rahul R Singh arsenic 1 of India's "adversaries", the Modi authorities is present proposing to assistance five‑year-old curbs on…
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) January 9, 2026This determination follows earlier decisions allowing Chinese firms to put successful India's electronics sector, liberally granting visas to Chinese workers, and comes amid a continuing emergence successful India's grounds commercialized shortage with China, helium said.
The Congress person claimed that it is portion of a broader acceptable of recommendations from NITI Aayog aimed astatine removing restrictions connected Chinese commercialized and concern successful India entirely. "This is thing abbreviated of a calibrated capitulation to Chinese aggression, calved retired of the Prime Minister's ain weakness - arsenic demonstrated astir shamefully by his nationalist cleanable chit to China connected June 19, 2020," Mr. Ramesh said.
"This humiliating kowtowing is taking spot adjacent arsenic Indian troops are denied entree to accepted patrolling areas, China maintains its dense subject beingness successful eastbound Ladakh, continues to provoke connected Arunachal Pradesh, and builds the Medog dam connected the Brahmaputra — little than a twelvemonth aft giving hyperactive enactment to Pakistan's attacks connected India," the Congress person said.
The Prime Minister's "evasions" person gone connected acold excessively long, Mr. Ramesh said and demanded that helium indispensable present explicate his government's abrupt "U-turns connected China argumentation during the forthcoming Budget Session of Parliament — which has for precise agelong been denied an accidental to sermon and statement the challenges and threats from China".
