“Won’t Back Down”: India holds firm on the border standoff with China along LAC

New Delhi: India has decided to not back down from a standoff with China  – along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh – that centres around a strategic bridge being built near Daulat beg Oldi, the last military post south of the Karakoram Pass, and has moved troops to counter Chinese forces stationed in the region, according to people familiar with the matter who asked not to be named.

 

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The idea is to not allow any alteration of Indian territory and to face the Chinese challenge with “strength and restraint”, the people cited above said on Tuesday against the backdrop of a high-level security meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

 

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The PM met National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Gen Bipin Rawat to assess the situation along the LAC amid a tense stand-off between thousands of Indian and Chinese troops, especially in Galwan Valley and Pangong Lake in eastern Ladakh.

 

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The CDS briefed PM Modi on the military inputs and suggestions to handle the situation in Ladakh.

“The bottom line is that we will not allow any change in the status quo on the LAC. That we will not permit,” said one of the people cited above, who spoke on condition of anonymity. “We have faced similar situation in the past, and we will face this situation with strength and restraint,” the person added.

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