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India Should Look To Convert World’s ‘Hatred’ For China Into Economic Opportunity: Nitin Gadkari

Across the world now, there is “hatred for China. Is it possible for us to convert it into an opportunity for India,”Gadkari asks.

Nitin Gadkari, India’s road and transport minister speaks during an event in Mumbai, India. (Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg)
Nitin Gadkari, India’s road and transport minister speaks during an event in Mumbai, India. (Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg)

India should look at converting the world's "hatred" for China amid the coronavirus pandemic into an economic opportunity for itself by attracting large-scale foreign investments, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Sunday.

Across the world now, there is "hatred for China. Is it possible for us to convert it into an opportunity for India?" said the Minister for MSMEs and Road Transport And Highways while Interacting with overseas Indian students via video conferencing.

Referring to the economic package announced by Japan for its businesses exiting China, Gadkari said, "I feel that we should think on that, and we will concentrate on it. We will open the Indian scenario for that. We will give the clearances and everything to them and attract foreign investment."

Asked if India can take any action against China in case it is found to have deliberately "suppressed" information on coronavirus, the minister said this was a sensitive subject that concerns the Ministry of External Affairs and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and therefore it will not be appropriate for him to comment on it.

Gadkari said all government departments, particularly the finance ministry as well as the Reserve Bank of India, are formulating policies to win the "economic war" post the Covid-19 pandemic and fulfil the prime minister's dream of making India a $5 trillion economy.

"At the same time, we can make infrastructure of Rs 100 lakh crore," he added.