Nehru, Vajpayee and China… What did BJP MP explain to PM Modi on the pretext of Taiwan

Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy called the Prime Minister on the pretext of China
Narendra Modi is taunted. According to the owner, China has ‘captured parts of Ladakh’ and Modi is ‘in a state of unconsciousness’. The BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP also wrapped up former Prime Ministers – Jawaharlal Nehru and Atal Bihari Vajpayee – in a tweet on Wednesday. Swamy said that due to the ‘stupidity’ of Nehru and Vajpayee, we Indians accepted Tibet and Taiwan as part of China. The BJP leader wrote that ‘But now China refuses to accept the common agreed LAC and has occupied parts of Ladakh while Modi is rooted in saying ‘no aaya’. Swamy taunted that ‘China should know that we have elections to decide.’ On this tweet of Swamy, many people are asking why India does not recognize Taiwan or why it does not have official diplomatic relations.

Swamy’s statement comes amid the visit of US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan. China has been shocked by this visit and is raising eyebrows by constantly threatening America. There is already tension between China and India. The armies of both the countries are face to face at several points in eastern Ladakh from April-May 2020. Despite 16 rounds of talks, a final consensus on the disengagement could not be reached.

https://twitter.com/Swamy39/status/1554669446496944128?s=20&t=vN_ZW5VMT864fB0Tr_M1mg

Why mention Nehru and Vajpayee?
Relations with Tibet deteriorated during the time of Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India. In 1952 the Diplomatic Mission in Lhasa was downgraded to Consulate General. That too was closed after the Indo-China war in 1962. India has repeatedly demanded the opening of a consulate in Lhasa, but China did not agree. India’s position on Tibet in recent decades has been one not to offend China. In a joint statement issued after the visit of the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi to China in 1988, Tibet was described as an ‘autonomous region’ of China. After the visit of the then PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee to China in June 2003, India also recognized Tibet as a part of China in the Joint Declaration. Many experts believe that it was only in 2003 that India acknowledged China’s ‘sovereignty’ over Tibet.

India has been shying away from diplomatic relations with Taiwan. The relationship between the two improved since the 1990s. However, under the ‘Look East’ policy, India has strengthened relations in other business areas including trade and investment. China has been continuously demanding that India continue the ‘One China Policy’. India also kept its stance on Taiwan cold because it does not want China’s interference in Kashmir and Northeast to increase.