Sino-Indian scuffles and Pakistan.

Our government, instead of giving optimistic statements on the Indo-China conflict, should in fact give deep thought to the repercussions of this conflict. Let us not forget the statement of Henry Kissinger after the debacle of East Pakistan. We need to observe the developments very carefully, keeping our defence in view. Let us not forget about the close US-India defence ties. Let us not forget that the hand-to-hand fight was started by India and not China. Let us have some facts narrated by Mr Zhao Lijian, the spokesperson of China, who narrated every incident step by step on account of the Galwan Valley. The Galwan Valley is located on the Chinese side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the west section of the China-India boundary. For many years, Chinese border troops have been patrolling and on duty in this region. Since April, Indian border troops unilaterally and continuously built roads, bridges, and other facilities at the LAC in Galwan Valley. China lodged protests on multiple occasions but India went even further to cross the LAC and made provocations. On May 6, Indian border troops crossed LAC, trespassed into China's territory, built fortifications and barricades, which impeded the patrol of Chinese border troops. They deliberately made provocations in an attempt to unilaterally change the status quo of control and management.

On the other hand, Nepal had also shown resistance by ignoring India's earlier influence on Nepal. It is obviously understandable that China has now increased its influence, so India, out of nowhere and without any provocation, has started inflecting four undisputed Chinese areas. In fact, India wants to make a double road along the Chinese border to take its artillery and heavy weaponry along the Actual Line of Control. Both India and China had agreed on this 'Actual Control line'. The road passes through territory at the Lipulekh pass which is claimed by Nepal. Nepal had protested against India strongly earlier as well when India published a new map which showed the region of Kalpani to be a part of Indian territory and India wants to use this as a defence road against China. The dispute began on patrolling of borders through the top hills. There is an agreement between India and China post-1962 Indo-China war that there will be no use of arms on these mountains and all the border disputes will be resolved by local commanders amicably without the use of force. Both sides were going in good harmony...