<p>BJP leader Subramanian Swamy launched another tirade against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, <a href="https://x.com/Swamy39/status/1818273641370685781" rel="nofollow">saying</a> on X that it seems he has 'surrendered' to China. </p><p>Swamy added that Modi is 'prostrating before [the] Chinese Army' which is apparently crossing the newly built bridge on Pangong Lake leading to the Chushul airfield. </p><p>His ire seems to stem from several news <a href="https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/heavy-military-fortifications-near-chinas-now-complete-pangong-lake-bridge-6226235" rel="nofollow">reports</a> of heavy Chinese military fortification near the now-finished Pangong Lake Bridge. </p><p>"Ladakh is almost strategically occupied while our <em>koi aaya nahin</em> pathetic leader Modi wails," Swamy continued, observing that it is "sad for all of us." </p><p>The new Chinese bridge reportedly reduces the travel time between the two banks of Pangong Lake by 50-100 km or several hours. </p>.India, Israel, US should get together to 'wipe out violent Muslims': Subramanian Swamy.<p>This is not the first time Swamy has locked horns with the Modi government over China. He put out a post a day back asking why the Central government was <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/chinese-encroachment-on-indian-territory-why-is-modi-government-opposing-me-says-subramanian-swamy-3126518">opposing</a> his RTI on Chinese encroachment in court. </p><p>The bridge over Pangong Lake has also <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/kharge-cites-security-challenges-related-to-china-pak-asks-govt-to-take-parliament-into-confidence-3128293">drawn the attention</a> of Congress President and Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge. He also took to X to say that the Modi government should take the Parliament into confidence instead of engaging in 'false bravado & hollow propaganda'. </p><p>"Is it not true that China has built and operationalised a bridge connecting the north and south banks of Pangong Lake, which allows it to have a strategic dominance in the sector, close to our LAC?," the Congress leader <a href="https://x.com/kharge/status/1818177288539668544" rel="nofollow">asked</a>. </p><p>He also questioned, "Is it not a fact that China has started constructing a new village along the LAC in the Demchok sector, which along with Depsang, is a point of standoff, post-Galwan?"</p><p>Kharge further went on to accuse the Central government of having 'forgotten' the 'responsibility to protect India's strategic interests.' </p><p>Meanwhile, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar at the recent Quad meet, <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/eam-jaishankar-rules-out-any-role-for-third-party-in-indias-border-dispute-with-china-3126890">ruled out</a> India going to any other country to resolve its border dispute with China. </p>
<p>BJP leader Subramanian Swamy launched another tirade against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, <a href="https://x.com/Swamy39/status/1818273641370685781" rel="nofollow">saying</a> on X that it seems he has 'surrendered' to China. </p><p>Swamy added that Modi is 'prostrating before [the] Chinese Army' which is apparently crossing the newly built bridge on Pangong Lake leading to the Chushul airfield. </p><p>His ire seems to stem from several news <a href="https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/heavy-military-fortifications-near-chinas-now-complete-pangong-lake-bridge-6226235" rel="nofollow">reports</a> of heavy Chinese military fortification near the now-finished Pangong Lake Bridge. </p><p>"Ladakh is almost strategically occupied while our <em>koi aaya nahin</em> pathetic leader Modi wails," Swamy continued, observing that it is "sad for all of us." </p><p>The new Chinese bridge reportedly reduces the travel time between the two banks of Pangong Lake by 50-100 km or several hours. </p>.India, Israel, US should get together to 'wipe out violent Muslims': Subramanian Swamy.<p>This is not the first time Swamy has locked horns with the Modi government over China. He put out a post a day back asking why the Central government was <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/chinese-encroachment-on-indian-territory-why-is-modi-government-opposing-me-says-subramanian-swamy-3126518">opposing</a> his RTI on Chinese encroachment in court. </p><p>The bridge over Pangong Lake has also <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/kharge-cites-security-challenges-related-to-china-pak-asks-govt-to-take-parliament-into-confidence-3128293">drawn the attention</a> of Congress President and Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge. He also took to X to say that the Modi government should take the Parliament into confidence instead of engaging in 'false bravado & hollow propaganda'. </p><p>"Is it not true that China has built and operationalised a bridge connecting the north and south banks of Pangong Lake, which allows it to have a strategic dominance in the sector, close to our LAC?," the Congress leader <a href="https://x.com/kharge/status/1818177288539668544" rel="nofollow">asked</a>. </p><p>He also questioned, "Is it not a fact that China has started constructing a new village along the LAC in the Demchok sector, which along with Depsang, is a point of standoff, post-Galwan?"</p><p>Kharge further went on to accuse the Central government of having 'forgotten' the 'responsibility to protect India's strategic interests.' </p><p>Meanwhile, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar at the recent Quad meet, <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/eam-jaishankar-rules-out-any-role-for-third-party-in-indias-border-dispute-with-china-3126890">ruled out</a> India going to any other country to resolve its border dispute with China. </p>