Do not trust the trickster China, India will maintain military deployment on LAC, brave men will stand firm for the fifth consecutive winter

New Delhi : There is still a lack of trust between India and China. Because of this, India is preparing to keep its army deployed on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) this winter also. This will be the fifth consecutive winter when the Indian Army will be deployed along the LAC. The soldiers will be deployed in the inaccessible areas of Eastern Ladakh, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim. Indian brave men are ready to guard the LAC in the bone-chilling icy cold.

Don’t trust China

However, several rounds of political and diplomatic talks have taken place between India and China to reduce tension and normalize the situation. Some progress has been made in this and differences have reduced. But, top defense sources have said that trust in the Chinese Army (PLA) at the ground level is still very low.

China is strengthening its military posts and constructing permanent fortifications along the 3,488 km long LAC. This shows that the PLA is not planning to return to pre-May 2020 positions anytime soon.

Army Chief and heads of all seven commands will review operational preparedness next month

The Indian Army is busy preparing for winter deployment. Goods are being collected on a large scale for winter. Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi and chiefs of seven Army commands will review the operational status in Gangtok, Sikkim on October 9-10.

Recent political-diplomatic talks show a possibility of breaking the military deadlock in eastern Ladakh that has been in effect for the last four and a half years. These interactions included the 30th and 31st meetings of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination (WMCC) on India-China border matters on July 31 and August 29. National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on the sidelines of the BRICS meeting in St. Petersburg on September 12 Also met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

The last corps-commander level talks between India and China were held in February.

However, Army Corps Commander level talks were last held on February 19. China had rejected India’s proposal to resolve the standoff at Depsang Plains and Charding Ninglung Nala Track Junction near Demchok.

A senior official told our colleague ‘Times of India’, ‘If disengagement happens in Depsang and Demchok, it will be only the first step. The threat will remain until the troops withdraw later and the previous situation is restored.

Earlier the army used to patrol 65 points, now it does not have access to 26.

Due to the buffer zone established after the previous disengagement, Indian troops cannot reach 26 of their 65 patrolling points in eastern Ladakh. These patrolling points start from Karakoram Pass in the north and extend up to Chumar in the south in eastern Ladakh.

“Even the buffer zone was supposed to be only a temporary arrangement,” said an official. China keeps making unreasonable demands and is playing the waiting game for a long time. India will have to be careful of falling into China’s trap.

“If both sides agree on a broad framework, the modalities for actual disengagement in Depsang and Demchok can be worked out at the military level,” he/she said.

The Army is maintaining a high level of operational readiness with deployment of troops and adequate reserve forces in each LAC sector to deal with any situation. Political and diplomatic discussions are being considered as a possible way to break the current deadlock.