Chinese food: Ramdas Athawale called for banning restaurants that sell Chinese food
New Delhi:
A Union Minister has asked people to stop eating Chinese food as anger rises against the neighboring country after a violent confrontation in Ladakh that claimed lives. Deputy Minister of Social Justice Ramdas Athawale said that one of the actions citizens can take to harm China, in addition to boycotting Chinese-made products, is to stop eating.
“My suggestion is to close the restaurants and hotels that sell Chinese food. I also ask those who eat Chinese food to stop eating them, to boycott them,” Athawale told the news agency. ANI press.
Indian and Chinese soldiers were involved in a violent confrontation in the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh on Monday evening. The military commanders of the two sides met today at the site of the incident to defuse the tension.
“At a time when our 20 soldiers were killed by the Chinese and disrespectful to us, my request is that everyone stop eating Chinese food. All states must give orders to ban restaurants and hotels. Chinese, “the Union minister told ANI. .
The leader of the Republican Party of India, 60, who lives in the suburbs of Bandra in Mumbai, was seen in a video chanting “go corona, go corona” in February.
“They should stop doing these activities (at the border). They are not allowed to come to our border”,humare aangan me unka kya kaam hai (what is their job in our region)? If we are not trying to control your area, why are you doing it? “, He added.
While some supported the Union Minister’s comment, others did so as an impractical suggestion, with many pointing out that the so-called Chinese food mainly consumed in India is only in name and only those who sell them are people who have a job to lose if their businesses close.
Social media posts also show people throwing and destroying flat-screen TVs from their balconies, as well as Chinese-made electronics to protest the Chinese aggression.
There have been calls to stop using mobile apps and other software that has roots in China, such as the TikTok video sharing app.
At the political level, the center has decided to exclude the use of Chinese equipment in the upgrading of 4G equipment from the state-owned company Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd or BSNL. Sources in the government said the telecoms ministry had decided to “firmly tell BSNL” not to use Chinese equipment due to security concerns.
