India’s twin Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar has urged people to boycott Chinese products after the recent India-China military conflict. “I am very sad to hear that our soldiers were martyred during a face-off with China. First of all, I want to salute to the soldiers and their families as the soldiers were martyred while serving their country,” he told ANI.
“China is doing all this at a time when the whole world is joining hands to fight against the coronavirus pandemic. I do not think we should keep good relations with China and we should boycott their products. The government should also bring policies so that Chinese products do not enter our country and also make policies on the Chinese products which are already here in the markets,” he added.
Twenty Indian soldiers were killed in a “violent face-off” with Chinese troops on Monday, in the most serious escalation between the two countries since 1962 Indo-Sino war.
For the last five weeks in the Galwan Valley region, a large number of Indian and Chinese troops have been engaged in a virtual cold war. The report of the violent incident comes days after General MM Naaravane, Indian Army Chief had said that both the armies have begun disengaging from Ladakh’s Galwan Valley region.