Modi Faces Pressing Questions About India’s China Policy
By Rup Narayan Das
Traditionally, Indian policy toward China has been mostly
characterized by continuity. As far as Beijing is concerned, in spite of
regime change in the past, India has pursued steady engagement with its
northern neighbor. Now that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led
by the nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has formed a government
with an absolute majority, there appears to be a chance of significant
changes under the leadership of Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi.
Modi’s mammoth electoral victory will certainly resonate
in India’s foreign policy, including towards China. As Prime Minister,
Modi will have to make decisions on three China issues urgently. Most
contentious is the issue of the border incursions along the Line of
Actual Control (LAC). Frequent incursions by China in the past few
years, particularly in the run up to the general elections, have
inspired widespread anger in India. There was an animated debate in the
Parliament in September about the incident in the Depsang Bulge April
last year, in which Modi’s BJP took a leading role.
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