The Indian Prime Minister chaired an all parties’ conference on Friday, four days after 20 Indian soldiers including a colonel were killed during a bloody standoff with Chinese troops within the Galway Valley of Ladakh region.
China and India both have their own stories to inform about what happened on June 15 in Galway Valley.
The Indian version is that a bloody incident happened when Chinese troops refused to disengage from a location that comes under Indian territory. the 2 sides, consistent with India, on June 6, after talks between the corps commanders of China and India agreed to disengage from three points including Pangong Lake, thermal spring, and Galway Valley. The disengagement was to start out from Galway Valley. However, things turned ugly, as per the Indian version, when Chinese troops refused to vacate the Indian territory, resulting in the bloody fight. The killing of 20 Indian soldiers including a colonel shell-shocked the Indians also as their PM Modi, who took two days to offer his first reaction. The Indian government built the narrative that the Chinese were responsible for the military standoff. Both government also as retired Indian generals were of the view that Chinese troops occupied the land previously under Indian control. The Indian secretary of state reiterated an equivalent that Chinese troops intruded into Indian territory, triggering the fight.
China, however, contested the Indian claim and said it was the Indian troops that violated the road of Actual Control (LAC) and provoked the Chinese troops. The Chinese spokesperson gave a bit-by-bit account of what led to the present tussle. The crux of his statement was that the present position held by Chinese troops in several sectors of the Ladakh region is legitimate since it's a part of their territory. In other words, China has made it abundantly clear that India has got to accept the established order alternatively face the results.
When Modi chaired an all parties’ conference, Indian nationalists and the public generally were expecting him to return up with a strong response. Instead, he stunned everyone when he said China isn't occupying one inch of Indian territory within the Ladakh region. This immediately triggered a debate in India with known retired generals and diplomats concluding that Modi has effectively surrendered Indian territory to China. What was astonishing was that Modi contradicted the Foreign Minister’s version, who each day earlier, claimed that China made incursions into the Indian territory.
“I’m shattered to ascertain India quietly accepting China changing status of LAC in Eastern Ladakh,” tweeted Rameshwar Roy, a retired general officer and former chief of India’s Assam Rifles division. “What a tragic day for each soldier like me.”
Questions being asked on why the Modi government has an indifferent approach towards China when a way smaller incident evoked a far swifter reaction towards Pakistan. the solution lies within the economic and military prowess of China. If India spends around $70 billion once a year on its defense budget, China’s military spending is over $260 billion.
There was even talk in India about boycotting Chinese products. But independent experts believe that this may only hurt India quite China. Around 70% of smartphones employed by common Indians are made in China. Chinese companies have also made investments of billions of dollars in many local Indian companies.
Clearly, the Indian government has little choice to hit back at China. that's why Modi opted for the trail of capitulation. But he only must blame his expansionist policy for this global embarrassment. China has now put an efficient check on his expansionist approach.
Meanwhile, Modi has now joined the ranks of former PM Nehru, who also suffered a humiliation at the hands of China in 1962.
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