KOLKATA: Insurgency is likely to increase in the north east after theDoklam stand-off with China and there are already signs of it in theregion, former GOC-in-C Eastern Command Lt Gen J R Mukherjeelink>saidhere today, Times of India has reported.
Whenever India has annoyed China or there has been a border related issuebetween the two countries, it (China) has aided insurgents in the northeast, Mukherjee told newspersons here commenting on the possible fall-outof the 74-day stand-off with the Chinese at Doklam in the Sikkim sector.
“Consequent to Doklam, insurgency will increase in the north east and signsof these are already evident,” the retired Lt General, who is thevice-president (operations) of strategic thinktank CENERS-K, said.
Mukherjee said that Doklam is neither the first time nor the last thatChina has made such an attempt. Its army will keep coming and camp atplaces of that country’s strategic interest.
“In Doklam, they (China) will eventually try to twist the Bhutanese stateto get what they want,” he said and claimed that the Chinese have not leftDoklam but have only stepped back a little.
Centre for East and North-East Regional Studies (CENERS), Kolkata, whichhas as its patron former Army chief Gen Shankar Roy Chowdhurylink> and advisorformer Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha, is organising a two-day dialogue onIndo-China issues and relations between the two Asian giants.
The seminar, to be held on February 2 and 3, is scheduled to be attended byMinister of State for External Affairs Gen (retd) V K Singh and will delveon issues ranging from political, economic and military capabilities toproblems and prospects relating to bilateral investments.
Prof Guo Xetang, director of Institute of International Strategy and PolicyAnalysis, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, willbe the lone Chinese speaker at the event, which is also scheduled to beattended by US and Japanese diplomats.