VALPOI: Villagers from Brahma Karmali in Sattari on Sunday burnt an effigy of Chinese president Xi Jinping during a protest and called for boycotting Chinese products due to the Sino-India face-off in Galwan Valley in Ladakh in which at least 20 Indian soldiers were killed.
Prominent citizen and one of the directors of GIDC Milind Gadgil said, “It was an act of cowardice by China against our soldiers. 20 of our soldiers got martyred and others were injured. Hence, to oppose Chinese products, we have burnt effigies of China’s president Xi Jinping. We also request our citizens to give priority to Indian products to boost our economy.
Panch Parag Khadilkar, RFO Vishwanath Pingulkar, Advocate Shivaji Dessai and other villagers were present.
