When asked if she was ready to accept that the government has taken some appropriate measures to push back against the Chinese threat, the spokesperson for the Congress, Supriya Shrinate, said, "One shouldn't play around with facts. He (the BJP spokesperson) said that our dependence on China has decreased. Big lie. Our trade deficit with China has more than doubled to $73 Billion in 2022 from $36 Billion in 2014. They (the BJP) have made us more dependent on China than ever before."