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1 I hope people are watching and appreciating what @PMOIndia has done with Sri Lanka? Allowing them to stew in a self made Chinese debt trap? This is excellent policy. Let me explain why: Sri Lanka was trying to play India off against China. It was smart, but for india it
1 I hope people are watching and appreciating what @PMOIndia has done with Sri Lanka? Allowing them to stew in a self made Chinese debt trap? This is excellent policy. Let me explain why: Sri Lanka was trying to play India off against China. It was smart, but for india it
2 was a black hole. There was no way India could match up to china’s financial & infrastructure resources. So we stayed out and allowed the debt trap to work its course. Now when the Lankans are on the brink of collapse we’ve lent them an emergency credit line. This is a good
3 thing because for a much much much lesser cost to the Indian taxpayer, in one day, we’ve equalised or neutralised billions of dollars & years of effort that China has put into colonising Sri Lanka. This is not just excellent policy, it’s extremely smart & fiscally prudent
4 policy keeping India’s limitations in mind. Thus should become a template. I’ve irretrievably lost faith & affection for Modi & his government but credit where credit is due.
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