It is funny, how hysterical calls for boycotting Chinese goods co-exist with complete non-transparency about political finance in India.

If you really want to hurt BIG Chinese interests, their lobbyists and, to use a Marxist term, comprador allies in India must be exposed 1/n

Such processes cannot work without political funding. When a contract worth billions of rupees is being decided, who influences it? Which domestic companies work to further a foreign company’s interests? Which parties/govts are more amenable to such lobbying? 2/n

Thanks to Electoral Bonds, we don’t even know who funds which political party on India.

And even before Electoral Bonds, things were never transparent. The LS passed this without a debate, both Cong and BJP gained from it 3/n https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/lok-sabha-passes-bill-to-exempt-political-parties-from-scrutiny-on-foreign-funds-without-debate/article23285764.ece

We can keep talking about boycotting apps & diwali bulbs. What needs to be told is, who in India stands to gain from China gaining from us, & are they funding political parties?

That won’t happen unless political funding is transparent

Everything else is just an hogwash n/n