BJP Accuses Congress of Hit Job Against India’s Pharma Industry To Pave Way For Chinese Players

New Delhi: The Congress party is attacking Indian’s pharmaceutical sector, which is also dubbed as the pharmacy of the world, with its relentless smear campaign, BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla said. This comes after the Grand Old Party in a video posted on its X handle, formerly Twitter, alleged that people in South African regions such as Ghana were getting addicted to drugs manufactured in India and smuggled out with impunity.

Attacking the Congress party, Shehzad Poonawalla said that this is not just a political posturing but rather a hit job that threatens millions of jobs and India’s hard earned leadership in this space.

Poonawalla, posted a detailed video attacking the Congress for tarnishing the image of India's pharma industry saying the Grand Old Party is so desperate to appease its Chinese masters and Chinese payments that it would dismantle a flourishing a $55 billion market, projected to hit $130 billion by 2030.

“India’s pharmaceutical exports soared under the Modi government from 2014 onwards, from $15 billion to $27.85 billion in 2024,” the BJP leader said.

Whereas, India’s biological sector has increased 13 fold over the past decade from $10 billion to $130 billion in 2024, due to the bold policies of the Modi government, specially 15,000 crore production-linked incentive schemes and bulk drug parks initiatives, Poonawalla informed.

These efforts by the Modi government have splashed reliance on imported APIs… that the Congress governments successessviely created an entrench with their short-sighted policies, he said.

Now as India crawls back towards self-reliance, Congress is attacking the industry which is seen like a deliberate bid to stall our progress and make us dependent on China once again, Shehzad Poonawalla added.

Small states like Himachal and Uttarakhand are heavily dependent on pharmaceutical… and any destabilisation here fuelled by Congress’ fake narrative could hurt them… why a party will undermine its own people unless its clearing the way for Chinese players to flood our market, Poonawalla asked.

The BJP national spokesperson further questioned the Grand Old Party and said, “Does Congress party wants India’s pharma giants to sideline, paving the way for Beijing’s Made in China 2025 agenda to dominate world and India the BJP?”

With R&D booming and vaccine diplomacy elevating India's stature, the pharma sector is a national asset not a punching bag, Poonawalla said asking the Congress party to answer whose interest are they serving, India’s or Chinese?