'Getting Rid Of My Made In China Phone'

30 May, 2020 12:59 IST|Sakshi Post

NEW DELHI: Sonam Wangchuk, the person who inspired Bollywood's most loved character 'Phunsuk Wangdu' from the film 3 idiots, has now urged Indians to boycott Made in China products amid the Sino-India border standoff along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

In a tweet accompanying the video, Wangchuk wrote, "Use your wallet power. #BoycottMadeInChina #SoftwareInAWeekHardwareInAYear to stop Chinese bullying in Ladakh and eventually to liberate the 1.4 billion bonded labourers in China, as also the 10 million Uighur Muslims and 6 million Tibetan Buddhists." In the video, he was sitting against the picturesque views of the Himalayas and river Sindhu and tried to explain how just beyond the mountains, Indian soldiers are trying to protect the country.

"Give up all Chinese software in a week, all Chinese hardware in a year," Wangchuk said.

He explained, "On one hand, our soldiers are fighting them and on the other hand, we buy Chinese hardware and use software like the TikTok app, we give them business worth crores so they can arm their soldiers to fight against us."

"What is your responsibility as a citizen, in this India-China border tension," the Magsaysay award recipient questioned.

"I am getting rid of my phone, which is made in China, within one week and in one year, anything that is made in China, I will throw out of my life.

"Tension is rising... thousands of soldiers are being deployed. Normally, when there is border tension, we sleep at night thinking soldiers will respond to it. But today I want to say, there should be a citizen response too. Citizens like you in Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru..."

Taking a dig at China, Wangchuk said that the Chinese people are angry as after coronavirus, there is rising unemployment.

"China's biggest fear today is its own people, its 140 crore population, who are treated like bonded labourers, without any human rights, and who make the government rich with their labour. After coronavirus, factories have been shut, exports are hit, there is rising unemployment. People are angry," he said.

"If 130 crore people of our country boycott Made in China goods and start a movement, it will have a worldwide effect. It will also help our own industry, our own workers," he added.

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