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'Jhoola diplomacy', Chinese cash lulled India into complacency: Chidambaram

Prime Minister is the ex-officio Chairman of the PM-CARES Fund and Minister of Defence, Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of Finance, Government of India are ex-officio Trustees of the Fund

P Chidambaram
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Earlier today, Singhvi said that the PM-CARES Fund has received donations from Chinese companies which is "alarming for the national security"

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China "lulled India into complacency by jhoola diplomacy” and money, said senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday, referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's photo op moment with President Xi Jinping in 2014.

Modi and Xi sat on a traditional swing on the Sabarmati riverfront in Ahmedabad during the Chinese leader's state visit in March 2014.

"My colleague Dr Abhishek Singhvi MP has asked seven pointed questions about Chinese-origin donations to the mysterious and opaque PM-CARES fund. They deserve immediate answers from PM and the PMO India," Chidambaram tweeted.
He added, "PM-CARES fund was set up on 28-03-2020. Chinese-owned companies donated money

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