Countdown for Chinese companies begins in India? Hindu outfit protests against Chinese-origin company

Social media is abuzz with Indians voicing boycott of Chinese products and services accusing China of causing world-wide COVID-19 pandemic. The ongoing face-off between Indian and Chinese troops at Actual Line of Control (LAC) in Ladakh also seems to have fueled anti-China sentiments in India.

In a first of its kind development reported in India, Ecogreen Energy – an Indian subsidiary of a Chinese company is facing the wrath of a nationalist organization Akhil Bhartiya Hindu Kranti Dal in Gurugram, near New Delhi.

The company is responsible for the integrated solid waste management in the city, and the contract for the same was awarded to it by the state government Haryana.

Up in arms, this Hindu-ideology outfit propagating “Swadeshi” (made in India) agenda has launched a month-long agitation to force the Haryana state government to revoke company’s contract and replace it with an Indian company. Read more...