Mumbai: Amid the border standoff with China, the Shiv Sena on Tuesday said India will have to become 'self-reliant', and not depend on US President Donald Trump, to take on the neighbouring country.
An editorial in Sena mouthpiece 'Saamana' also said doing business with China will be an insult to sacrifices made by the 20 brave soldiers, who were killed in a violent clash with Chinese troops at Galwan Valley in Ladakh last week. "If we want to fight China, there should be less of politics and more of national interest. For that, we don't require President Trump. We need to become atmanirbhar (self-reliant)," the Marathi daily said.
"Doing business with China will be an insult to the martyrdom of the 20 brave soldiers," it said. India needs to focus more on the manufacturing sector if it wants to break China's economic backbone, it opined. "We have to announce a major programme for expediting the pace of industrialisation. For that we need capital as well as electricity. The foundation of industrialisation is agriculture growth which we need to strengthen," it said.