NEW DELHI, Feb 19 � The main Opposition party the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has slammed UPA Government, cautioning it against Chinese designs and Beijing�s bid to divert the Brahmaputra River.
Satellite photographs have now indicated diversion of Brahmaputra waters by China before the river enters India. Such diversion is likely to create future problems leading to ecological and economic devastation in the North Eastern States.
�The BJP is seriously concerned that the Government of India has failed to respond to this increased assertion by the Chinese,� the political resolution adopted at the end of the national executive at Indore in Madhya Pradesh said.
Launching a scathing attack on the ruling UPA Government, BJP alleged that the Congress Party sought to doctor the census data to hide the demographic transformation in Eastern India.
The BJP is of the firm view that the vote bank politics of the UPA is responsible for a weak Kashmir policy and the worsening internal security situation. Its inability to respond to the Chinese assertion betrays moral bankruptcy plaguing the UPA leadership, the political resolution said.
Islamabad has stepped up its endeavours to internationalise its claims on Jammu and Kashmir. China, on its part, has demonstrated a new belligerence over its claims on Indian Territory, particularly Arunachal Pradesh, the national party noted.
Singling out handling of the situation in Jammu and Kashmir and intrusions by China, the highest policy making body of the Party said there is unquestionably an increased show of assertiveness by China.
Its objections to Indian Prime Minister�s visit to Arunachal Pradesh and the Dalai Lama�s visit to Tawang were gratuitous interference in the affairs of India. China has consistently been non-cooperative in the matter of settling all border issues with India, the draft resolution said.
The joint mechanism for resolution of these issues between China and India has not been able to function effectively. Even the extent of the border dispute is not being adequately crystallized. Efforts are on by China to set up projects on India�s borders adverse to India�s interest. All these warrant a befitting reply from the Indian Government, the BJP opined.
The last meeting between the Special Representatives of India and China was held on August 8 last year to ensure that �peace and tranquillity should be maintained along Indo China border pending a final solution to the border issue. However, there have been wilful violations by China of the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
After the Chinese aggression in 1962, there has been no change in the LAC. The Government of India has been giving the Chinese the benefit of doubt by saying that these violations are on account of a �differing perceptions� about the LAC.
The Chinese government has started issuing visas to Indian passport holders belonging to the States of Jammu and Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh on independent pieces of paper and not stamping the visa on their passports. This is consciously intended to give a message that China does not consider both these States to be a part of the Indian Territory and these visa applicants to be Indian citizens.
Addressing the national executive, BJP leader M Venkhaiah Naidu said the illegal immigration of Bangladeshis into Eastern India has been sanctioned and condoned by successive Congress Governments on the grounds that the foreigners happen to be Muslims.
Census figures were sought to be doctored, when they suggested a religious demographic transformation of large parts of eastern India. The IMDT Act, which was struck down by the Supreme Court, was re-introduced by the backdoor. The Supreme Court has struck down the latest notification too.
