New Delhi, April 14 -- While speaking on the ongoing West Asia conflict, BJD MP Sasmit Patra expressed concern over developments in the Strait of Hormuz, particularly regarding China allegedly firing a warning shot at the United States. He said the blockade is very serious as it has opened a new front in the conflict.

Explaining further, he said that if China has begun asserting and posturing its position over the Strait of Hormuz blockade and fires a warning shot at the US, then the scope of the war in West Asia will expand.

"I think China firing a warning shot at the US in relation to the Strait of Hormuz blockade is very serious because it opens a new front in this war. If China has started asserting its position on the Strait of Hor...