Boycott Chinese goods: RSS-affiliated organisations

NEW DELHI: Amid standoff with China on the Sikkim border, many RSS-affiliated organisations have decided to boycott Chinese goods.

At a meeting in Agra on July 8 and July 9 convened by Bharath Tibet Sahyog Manch, an all-India Tibet support group, many RSS supporters and others resolved not to use Chinese goods in everyday worship. They called upon Indians to at least declare one of their festivals annually free of Chinese goods.

Senior RSS leader Indresh Kumar said: “China’s influence on all of Asia is worrying. On top of its expansionist policies, it is also an atheist country. The country has never supported India’s fight against terrorists. It has also blocked India’s entry in superior global bodies. Not just Tibet, it has several parts of Himalaya under its control.”


“Shopkeepers should install signboards declaring that they do not sell Chinese products,” Kumar said, “We also need to free the abode of our gods, Kailash Mansarovar, from Chinese influence.”

One of the resolutions passed at the meeting said whole of Asia should unite “to stop Chinese dominance on the mountains, lands and water”. Veteran BJP leader BS Koshyari said every Indian supported Tibet's independence.