People residing at Tawang have shown confidence in the Indian Army and expressed their support, following the December 9 border clash where the Indian soldiers thwarted the Chinese attempt to change the status quo along the LAC in the Yangtse sector in Tawang.
In a podcast with Smita Prakash, Editor-in-Chief, ANI, Naravane pointed out how the Chinese troops have been indulging in mobbing incidents but that India as a country showed to the world that it is possible to take on the "neighbourhood bullying". The former Army chief also said that bas
Congress Lok Sabha MP Manish Tewari on Thursday gave an adjournment motion in the Lower House to discuss the "grave situation at the border with China in the Tawang sector in Arunachal Pradesh".
The exercise is taking place at a time when a face-off between Indian and Chinese troops at the Tawang sector in Arunachal Pradesh took place on December 9 along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) preceded by attempts to violate air space on many occasions.
Earlier on Tuesday, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh told Parliament that Chinese troops had attempted to transgress the LAC at Yangtse in the Tawang sector of Arunachal Pradesh.
India reserves the right to take any action that it deems fit if China violates the terms of the 1993 agreement, former Army Chief General MM Naravane said while stressing that the neighbouring country is violating the agreement "time and again".
General Naravane asked if the Chinese army (People's Liberation Army) has gone down to the level of "prehistoric times" by using "clubs and barbed wires".
His remarks came days after the attempts by People's Liberation Army (PLA) troops to transgress the LAC in Yangtse area of Tawang Sector in Arunachal Pradesh with the Indian Army thwarting the attempt to change the status quo.
A total of 17 Opposition parties on Wednesday staged a walkout from the Rajya Sabha accusing the government of not holding a discussion over the December 9 clashes along the LAC between the Indian and Chinese forces at the Tawang sector in Arunachal Pradesh.
As per reports, the meeting was held in Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge's chamber to plan the strategy on Indo-China tussle and other issues in the House.