The development along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) is a “small snapshot of what we are required to handle at short notice” and our forces are “suitable deployed to respond to any contigency, Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria said on Saturday.
The Air Chief’s remarks came a day after Beijing said that the Galwan Valley, that has always been under India’s control, was “located on the Chinese side of the LAC”. This claim, made by the Chinese Foreign Ministry, had earlier been made only by the spokesperson of the Western theatre command of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). There was no official response from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s statement.
In a meeting with political leaders, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that neither has anyone intruded into the Indian territory nor has anyone captured any military posts. His remarks came two days after External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told his Chinese counterpart that Chinese troops had sought to erect a structure in the Galwan Valley on the Indian side of the LAC.
In the worst flare-up on the LAC in more than five decades, 20 Indian Army personnel, including the Commanding Officer of 16 Bihar, were killed Monday night in the Galwan area where disengagement of troops on either side was underway. It was the first time in the last 45 years that Indian or Chinese troops have been killed on the LAC.
Indian express
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