Rahul Gandhi unmoved by India's 59 Chinese app-ban; attacks Modi government on imports

In his first attack after the Indian government banned 59 Chinese-origin apps, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government buying more Chinese products than its predecessor. Taking to Twitter, the Congress leader shared a graph comparing the UPA government's and the NDA government's imports of Chinese products and stated "Fact don't lie." This comes a day after the Centre banned 59 Chinese apps including TikTok amid the Indo-China border tensions. 

The Congress has been blaming the ruling BJP government's 'mismanagement' for the India-China face-off, while the BJP has rebutted the Congress’s criticism and added a counter of its own, accusing the party of tying up with China to the detriments of India's interests under the UPA regime.

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List of banned Chinese apps:

In a big move, the Home Ministry on Monday banned 59 Chinese Apps after receiving several complaints from various sources including several reports about the misuse of these apps for stealing and surreptitiously transmitting users’ data in an unauthorized manner to servers that have locations outside India. 

1.  TikTok
2. Shareit
3.  Kwai
4.  UC Browser
5.  Baidu map 
6.  Shein 
7.  Clash of Kings 
8.  DU battery saver 
9.  Helo 
10.  Likee
11.  YouCam makeup 
12.  Mi Community 
13.  CM Browers 
14.  Virus Cleaner 
15.  APUS Browser 
16.  ROMWE 
17.  Club Factory 
18.  Newsdog 
19.  Beutry Plus 
20.  WeChat 
21.  UC News 
22.  QQ Mail 
23.  Weibo 
24.  Xender 
25.  QQ Music 
26.  QQ Newsfeed 
27.  Bigo Live 
28.  SelfieCity 
29.  Mail Master 
30.  Parallel Space
31.  Mi Video Call – Xiaomi 
32.  WeSync 
33.  ES File Explorer 
34. Viva Video – QU Video Inc 
35.  Meitu 
36.  Vigo Video 
37.  New Video Status 
38.  DU Recorder 
39.  Vault- Hide 
40.  Cache Cleaner DU App studio 
41.  DU Cleaner 
42.  DU Browser 
43.  Hago Play With New Friends 
44.  Cam Scanner 
45.  Clean Master – Cheetah Mobile 
46.  Wonder Camera 
47.  Photo Wonder 
48.  QQ Player 
49.  We Meet 
50.  Sweet Selfie 
51.  Baidu Translate 
52.  Vmate 
53.  QQ International 
54.  QQ Security Center 
55.  QQ Launcher 
56.  U Video 
57.  V fly Status Video 
58.  Mobile Legends 
59.  DU Privacy

Read: 'Now world will follow': Indians tell Chinese mouthpiece the future after 59-app ban

As many as 20 Indian soldiers were martyred during a violent faceoff took place on June 15 while the de-escalation process was underway in the Galwan Valley. 76 others suffered injuries in the clash, in which hundreds of soldiers from both sides are said to have engaged. 

Read: Congress' skeptical first response to Modi govt banning 59 Chinese apps: Asks 3 questions

Read: Govt of India bans 59 Chinese apps; Tik Tok, UC Browser, WeChat included in the list