Two months after the violent clash between the Indian Armed Forces and China’s People Liberation Army, China is not showing any signs of disengagement along the border in the eastern Ladakh region.
Instead of showing the intent of disengagement along the border, the Chinese troops are further digging its heels as it continues to build roads, bridges, helipads, and other military infrastructure along the line of actual control. According to a senior military official,
“China is indulging in ping-pong tactics by shuttling the ball between diplomatic and military talks, without any serious attempts at conflict resolution. There is no change in the ground situation.”
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In order to counter this, the Indian Armed Forces have deployed to match the troops, artillery, tanks and other weaponry of the People’s Liberation Army. The deployment has been along with the three sectors of the 3,488 kilometers along the line of actual control from Ladakh to Arunachal Pradesh. The Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held two-hour meetings with Ajit Doval, the national security adviser, and also the chief of defense staff General Bipin Rawat. Present in the meeting was the three service chiefs Admiral Karambir Singh, General MM Naravane, and Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria. General Naravane said,
“China seems hell-bent on its strategy to push the LAC westwards in Ladakh. It’s carrying out military infrastructure development at an exponential pace since its troops intruded into Indian territory at multiple points in the high-altitude region in early-May.”
According to many officers, China is doing it all from building roads in several sectors and augmenting the capacity of its airbases in Hotan, Xinjiang, Gargunsa, Lhasa-Gonggar and Shigatse in Tibet. Even in the Pangong Tso and Gogra-Hot Springs areas, the troops have been deployed.
Source: Times of India
