BJP general secretary Ram Madhav has termed the end of the Doklam standoff between India and China reflective of a mature diplomatic route to resolution backed by a firm ground position followed by the Indian government.
“India has maintained great dignity, grace and majesty and tried to handle it in a diplomatic manner. Both have decided to step back. At the same time, we maintained firm ground position. It is a combination of firm ground position and mature diplomatic endeavour,” he said.
“All of us should compliment the Indian government and agencies for their restraint and mature handling of the situation, not to get provoked. Largely Indian media also has not got into the trap of provocation and counter provocations. That has certainly helped the situation,” he added.
He said that the way forward also lay in this direction, “not to get provoked, focus, firmness on the ground and efforts through diplomatic manoeuvres. At least for this government that is the way forward.”
Taken aback
Mr. Ram Madhav also said that he was taken aback by the aggression of the Chinese and that country’s media over the issue. “The kind of aggressive propaganda that we have experienced in last several weeks ever since the standoff happened in Doklam is a bit unusual. It was a bit unexpected. I was also a little bit surprised by the aggression and the very highly provocative nature of the campaign from the Chinese side, mainly from the Chinese media and the social media. Not so much from their government side except from their spokespersons,” he said.
Modi’s visit
On Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming trip to China for the BRICS meeting, he said that peace was a pre-requisite for good bilateral ties. India would continue to maintain peace.
Referring to Pakistan and its increasing closeness to China, he said, “Pakistan has already become a client state of China. It is not a new thing. Practically many things in Pakistan are dictated by their good friend China. That is between the two countries but when it comes to India’s interest, India will show required firmness. It will use required diplomatic channels to secure national interest,” he said, adding that India did not believe in hyphenation.
