US bill slamming China for Ladakh becomes law

TIL Desk/World/Washington/ A bipartisan Congressional provision condemning China’s aggression towards India has become a law as the United States Congress overrode President Donald Trump’s veto on the $740 billion defence policy bill which among other things included calling out the Chinese government for its actions along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

The National Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA) 2021, which became a law on Friday after Congress overrode Trump’s veto, included a resolution urging the Chinese government to end its military aggression towards India along the LAC. President Trump on December 23 vetoed the NDAA, which had bipartisan support, arguing it had provisions that would damage national security.

As Congress dealt a humiliating blow to Trump in his last days in office, Indian-American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi said: Through today’s New Year’s Day vote in the Senate, Congress has made the National Defence Authorisation Act into law, including elements of my resolution calling on China to end its military aggression towards India and others in the broader Indo-Pacific region.