After Chinese food and products, Athawale urges for ban on TikTok app

Union minister Ramdas Athawale on Friday (June 19) called for a ban on TikTok to impact China economically, saying 15 crore Indians use the Chinese app due to which the neighbouring country makes crores in profit.

His comments come after 20 Indian Army personnel lost their lives in a violent clash with the Chinese Army in Ladakh’s Galwan Valley.

In a tweet, Athawale said 15 crore people of India use TikTok due to which China makes profit of crores.

“Ban Chinese video app TikTok in India. 15 crore people of India use TikTok due to which China gets profit of crores. Stop TikTok to impact China economically! I humbly request all Indians to boycott TikTok,” Athawale tweeted in Hindi.

चिनी व्हीडियो ऍप टिकटॉक पर भारत मे पाबंदी लगाई जाये .भारत के 15 करोड लोग टिक टॉक इस्तमाल करते है जीस वजह से चीन को करोडो का मुनाफा होता है. चीन को आर्थिक स्तर पर घेरणे के लिये टिकटॉक बंद करे!सारे भारतीयोसे मेरा नम्र निवेदन है की टिकटॉक का बहिष्कार करे! pic.twitter.com/ZDNNBmwIeP

— Dr.Ramdas Athawale (@RamdasAthawale) June 19, 2020

The comments come a day after he said all restaurants and hotels that sell Chinese food in India should be closed down and products made in China should be boycotted.

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“China is a country that betrays. India should boycott all products that are made in China. Chinese food and all restaurants and hotels that sell Chinese food in India should be closed down,” Athawale, Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, said in a tweet.

चायना के प्रॉडक्ट्स इम्पोर्य ना करे; चायना के माल का बहिष्कार करे; चीन से कोई भी सामुग्री आयात ना करे; चायनीज फूड का भी बहिष्कार करे! pic.twitter.com/aMnP1j4bwR

— Dr.Ramdas Athawale (@RamdasAthawale) June 18, 2020

Twenty Indian Army personnel including a colonel were killed in a fierce clash with Chinese troops in the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh on Monday night, the biggest military confrontation in over five decades that has significantly escalated the already volatile border standoff in the region. He also paid tribute to the martyred soldiers.

“20 soldiers of India have been killed in violent clashes in Galwan of Ladakh. Humble tribute to the soldiers! The martyrdom of the soldiers will not go in vain. The government of India and all Indians stand with the families of the martyred soldiers!,” Athawale tweeted in Hindi.

लडाख के गलवाणमें भारतीय सीमापर चीन के साथ हुई हिंसक झडप मे भारत के 20 जवान शहीद हुये है. वीरगती प्राप्त भारतीय जवानोंको विनम्रतापूर्ण श्रद्धांजली! शहिद जवानोंकी शहादत व्यर्थ नही जायेगी. शहीद जवानोंके परिजन के साथ भारत सरकार और सारे भारतीय खडे है! pic.twitter.com/CGgmW0WE4e

— Dr.Ramdas Athawale (@RamdasAthawale) June 17, 2020

Earlier in March, Athawale was in the news when his video along with Chinese Consul General in Mumbai Tang Guocai and Buddhist monks chanting Go corona, go corona at a prayer meet had gone viral on social media.

The video was reportedly shot at Gateway of India on February 20 during a prayer session to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

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(With inputs from agencies)