New Delhi [India], August 18 : Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Monday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his handling of relations with China, just as Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in India for talks.
Ramesh accused PM Modi of weakening India's position by giving a "clean chit" to China with his June 19, 2020, statement following the Galwan clashes, saying "Na koi hamari seema mein ghus aaya hai, na hi koi ghusa hua hai."
Notably, 20 Indian soldiers were killed during the Galwan clash on June 19, 2020.
"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." This had made a complete mockery of and was an insult to the martyrdom of 20 Indian soldiers earlier in Galwan in June 2020, "Jairam said in the post.
Jairam Ramesh accused China of directly aiding Pakistan during Operation Sindoor earlier this year and highlighted the strategic and security threats posed by China's actions 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," read the post.
Criticising the government's 2024 disengagement agreement with China, Ramesh alleged that the Indian government agreed to a 'disengagement' against the Army's will to maintain the status quo of April 2020.
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. 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, "claimed Jairam Ramesh in a post.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit India from August 18-19 and hold talks with National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on the "boundary question," the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in an official statement on Saturday.
As per the MEA, EAM S Jaishankar will also hold a bilateral meeting with the Chinese Foreign Minister. "At the invitation of National Security Advisor Shri Ajit Doval, Member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China and Chinese Foreign Minister H.E. Mr. 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 Shri Doval. EAM Dr. S. Jaishankar will hold a bilateral meeting with Mr. Wang Yi", the MEA said in the statement.
Wang's visit comes ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's trip to China to attend the annual Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit from August 31. India and China have been working to improve their relationship in recent months, marked by several significant developments.