Ajit Doval was briefed by military officials and heads of internal and external intelligence agencies.
New Delhi:
India is poised for a protracted showdown with China in Ladakh and will expand its troop deployment in the region, allowing them to exercise all options to block the Chinese, a high-level meeting chaired by the national security adviser decided on Monday. Ajit Doval. government sources said.
Doval was briefed by heads of both internal and external intelligence agencies, as well as senior army officers. Intelligence Bureau Director Arvind Kumar and Research Analysis Secretary Wing Samanth Goel gave their assessments of what to expect from China in the coming months. The union’s interior secretary, Ajay Bhalla, was also present at the meeting.
“India managed to thwart this attempt, but in the next few days it was discussed what strategy we are going to adopt,” said a senior official.
According to him, in the coming days India will expand its military deployments along the Royal Line of Control or LAC. “China may adopt a similar strategy elsewhere throughout LAC, so we must be prepared,” said an official.
An assessment by intelligence agencies claims that this could be a diversionary tactic adopted by China. “China still has ridge lines in many areas. On the southern side they also captured two peaks overlooking the city of Chushul and the Pangong Tso and Spanggur Tso lakes,” an official said.
According to him, clear instructions have been given to the security forces that every effort should be made to prevent China from unilaterally altering the LAC. “We are also prepared for a long road,” said a senior bureaucrat.
Meanwhile, the Deputy Governor of Ladakh, Radha Krishna Kumar, was in Delhi and met with the Minister of State, GK Reddy. “LG has provided a detailed report on India’s efforts to improve border infrastructure, as well as tensions along the Indochina border,” said an official.
Chinese troops “carried out provocative military movements” near Pangong Tso Lake on Saturday night, but were blocked by Indian soldiers who were fully prepared, the government said Monday. The Chinese tried to intrude on the southern bank of the Pangong Tso, which is of great importance as it is a new area.
Officers at the brigade commander level were in talks in Chushul to defuse tension, the government said. The Ladakh-Srinagar highway has been closed to civilian traffic, reportedly for troop movements. Indian forces remain in large numbers at the last climbing site, ready to respond. Taking an aggressive stance, China said its military “is taking the necessary countermeasures.”
The outbreak was the most serious escalation of hostilities since June 15 in Ladakh’s Galwan Valley, when 20 Indian soldiers lost their lives and the Chinese suffered an unknown number of casualties in a clash with stones and sticks.
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