ISLAMABAD: Indian Army soldiers families in low spirits after thrashingfrom Chinese Military in Ladakh , An Indian journalist has revealed.
He wrote an open letter to her country’s Chief of Defence Staff, GeneralBipin Rawat on the military casualties in the Galwan Valley in a faceoffwith China.
In her letter, published in a foreign media outlet, Ambreen Zaidi said thatthe families of soldiers needed to know about what happened in the GalwanValley.
“I do understand there are reasons why strategic decisions or outcomes arenot shared in the public domain. But with a super active social media, somany contradicting statements and horrifying photographs are doing therounds, where do we go, whom do we trust?”
She also posed some harsh questions:
– How did we suffer so many casualties, including that of a CommandingOfficer, if there were no intrusions by China?
– Not only were our soldiers barbarically killed, their bodies weremutilated. Why?
– Did they enter the enemy territory on their own (as claimed by China) andgot attacked in defence?
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– Why is there a new spin to the Ladakh Disaster, everyday?
– Will we ever know the truth?
– Did our soldiers fell into the trap laid by their own?
She told the Indian chief of defence staff that soldiers cannot bebutchered for diplomatic gains. “As crazy as it may sound, more than theChinese military, it is you that we are warier of. Your policies, yourdirectives and so ever evident step-motherly treatment to your very own iswhat concerns us more.”
She told Gen Bipin that Indian soldiers are not in the highest of theirspirits, because of his interventions to a large extent.
“The Ladakh disaster made it more than evident how various headquarters ofthe Indian Army across the hierarchy stood clipped of all their powers,because of your constant interference.”
