Hyderabad: AIMIM president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi questioned the Narendra Modi government’s China policy, stating that a solemn protest on the new Chinese districts in Ladakh and request for reconsideration of its plan to build a dam on the Brahmaputra were not going to move Beijing.

In a series of posts in his social media account, Owaisi asked whether the country had any plan to get the patrolling rights for soldiers restored in Galwan, Hot Springs, Gogra, Pangong and Kailash range of Ladakh. “Have we completely given up on restoration of the status quo of April 2020 in eastern Ladakh?,” he said.

A decade after Modi became PM, the armed forces had not been given adequate resources to modernize and prepare for tackling two adversaries, Owaisi claimed. “Why is the IAF in doldrums with its depleted strength of fighter squadrons, AWACS, mid-air refuellers? Why has the third aircraft carrier not been sanctioned for the Navy? Why is the army short of 2 lakh soldiers,” he asked

“It is not only India’s internal security which is being mismanaged completely, particularly in the northeastern states but especially Manipur. Equally worrying is this mishandling of India’s external security, where the constant attempts to politicise the armed forces are likely to worsen matters. And our diplomacy is reduced to Mr Modi gifting expensive diamonds to Ms Jill Biden,” he said.

Owaisi said that the Modi government allowed no debate on serious issues in Parliament. “The Indian public is being kept in the dark, distracted by trivia and random entertainment as the country suffers on most fronts,” Owaisi said.