Sandeep Dikshit
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, June 20
India’s position with regard to the Galwan valley has been historically clear, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Saturday said, rejecting China’s claim of sovereignty over the area.
The PM’s observations that there was no Chinese presence on our side of the LAC pertained to the situation as a consequence of the bravery of our armed forces, who foiled an attempt by Chinese troops to transgress into the Galwan valley — PMO
At the same time, India maintained that the skirmish on June 15-16 took place after Chinese troops entered its side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the valley for the second time. In response to Chinese Foreign Ministry’s “step-by-step” version of the Galwan valley incident, the MEA said the violence flared up when Indian troops resisted an attempt by the PLA to raise structures.
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Refuting Chinese assertions that the valley was located on its side of the LAC, MEA spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said: “Attempts by the Chinese side are not acceptable. They are not in accordance with China’s own position in the past.” However, India made no claim of its own with Srivastava simply stating that “the position with regard to the Galwan valley area has been historically clear.”
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If the land was Chinese, why were our soldiers killed and where were they killed?
Countering two other allegations, he said Indian troops had never undertaken any action across the LAC and that all infrastructure built for the purpose by India was “naturally on its own side’’.
What else did the PM say at the all-party meeting which he did not mean? Sacrifices of our soldiers should not be reduced to vote-bank politics,Mr Modi.
He said the Chinese troops had been hindering India’s patrolling pattern in the area for over a month and this led to a faceoff which was addressed by the ground commanders. Earlier Chinese attempts to cross the LAC in other areas of the Western Sector too were rebuffed, leading to talks between senior commanders on June 6, who agreed on de-escalation and disengagement. But the Chinese side departed from this understanding and for the second time tried to erect structures. The Chinese troops turned to violent action when this attempt was foiled, Srivastava explained.
If no Chinese troops are in Indian territory, why did the Foreign Minister’s statement and by the MEA demand restoration of status quo ante?
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Separately, the Prime Minister’s Office said a “mischievous interpretation” was being made of the PM’s remarks at the Friday all-party meeting that there was neither intrusion nor capture of any post. With the Congress-led Opposition and strategic community joining issue over the remarks, the PMO in a statement said: “The Prime Minister’s observations that there was no Chinese presence on our side of the LAC pertained to the situation as a consequence of the bravery of our armed forces.The sacrifices of the soldiers of the 16 Bihar Regiment foiled the attempt of the Chinese side to erect structures and also cleared the attempted transgression at this point of the LAC on that day.”
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The statement sought to contextualise the remarks as ever since the statement there were more questions across social media as to what was the violent clash of June 15 about that led to loss of 20 Indian soldiers if there was no intrusion or capture.
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