In a growing tussle over the border disputes, India’s response to China comes tough as 2 law makers attend Taiwan president’s swearing-in ceremony. In addition to sending congratulations, the two law makers of the ruling ruling party emphasized that India and Taiwan share belief democratic values. As expected, it did not go well with China!
Two BJP MPs — Meenakshi Lekhi and Rahul Kaswan — virtually attended the swearing-in ceremony of Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and even sent her congratulatory messages, in a departure from the Modi government’s position on the country that China claims is its territory, according to the report by The Print.
This is a massive change in the stand taken by Modi government as when Tsai was elected to her first term, Modi government had decided against sending its MPs to Taiwan for the inaugural ceremony despite initially considering it. This time, BJP MPs were also joined by Sohang Sen, the acting director general of India-Taipei Association, who represented India at the ceremony in Taipei. India does not have an official diplomatic establishment in Taiwan, much like 179 of the 194 United Nations members, added the report.
“Both India and Taiwan are democratic countries, bonded by shared values of freedom, democracy and respect for human rights. Over the past years, India and Taiwan have enhanced bilateral relations enormously in wide-ranging areas, especially trade, investment and people to people exchanges,” said the two law makers during their video message.
China works hard to make its dealing partners comply to their policy it authority over Tibet, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Uygyur and Inner Mongolia. “One-China policy” asserts that there is only one sovereign state under the name China, as opposed to the idea that there are two states, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China.
Taiwan formed in 1949, after the Kuomintang (the Chinese Nationalist Party) leadership fled Mainland China after the revolutionary civil war, and established an independent state has since then, Taiwan has resisted Chinese calls for unification, and maintained its status of self-rule, often under extreme pressure from Beijing.
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