NEW DELHI – Indian army official has claimed China’s People LiberationArmy has been conducting firing exercises near the Line of Actual Control(LAC).
The officer has alleged that Chinese troops have been training with mortarsand conducting grenade lobbing exercises close to the borders and in areasinfamous for transgressions.
“It could be a Chinese strategy to communicate to India that it’s matchedup to Indian forces in areas where they had difficulties in negotiating thedifficult terrain earlier and that they are able to deploy biggerformations deeper than ever before,” an Indian e-paper The Morning Standardquoted the army officer as sayinglink,Sputnik has reported.
The former Indian military officer, however, said it was just “anothertraining exercise” but asked the Indian troops to remain on alertconsidering Beijing’s opposition to the repeal Jammu and Kashmir’s specialstatus and its bifurcation into two federally-administered territories –Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. The latter directly concerns China.
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“We also do similar kinds of training near the border. This is nothing newbut, yes Indian troops must remain vigilant along the border,” DefenceAnalyst Major General Ravi Kumar Arora (Retired) said.
China has vehemently opposed the Indian decision to declare Ladakh aseparate administrative region, following the abrogation of the specialstatus of Jammu and Kashmir and has asked New Delhi to revert its status tothat before 5 August.
