New Delhi: The recent incursion by China’s army into
the Indian Territory is a very serious issue. Two weeks ago 50 People’s
Liberation Army soldiers, escorted by two helicopters, infiltrated into Ladakh,
10 kms inside India’s territory near the Daulat Beg Oldie sector, which has the
highest air strip in the world and set up a camp in an abandoned Indian bunker.
Strategically speaking, Daulat Beg Oldie sector is one of the most important
sectors for India and during 1962 war too Indian Air Force had conducted
sorties from this air strip.
Unfortunately, the Government is not taking the
issue very seriously. It is not the first time that Chinese troops have
infiltrated or intruded into Indian Territory. There has been constant Chinese
infiltration in Arunachal Pradesh. Whether it is a case of Stapled visa for
natives of Jammu and Kashmir or Arunachal or China’s infrastructural and
strategic build up in Gilgit-Baltistan of PoK, China is busy in aggressively
increasing its influence in India’s neighbourhood.
The growing presence of
China in Pakistan, Nepal, Myanmar, Maldives and Sri Lanka is already a matter
of grave concern.Even as the incursion of China in Ladakh is a serious issue,
the Government appears to be relying too much on the Flag meeting to resolve
the issue instead of raising the issue at the highest level. The BJP demands
that Government of India must take up the issue with China at the level of
Prime Minister, External Affairs Minister and the Defence Minister as the
seriousness of the issue demands.
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