One of the senior-most army commanders in the country has dropped a bombshell by
declaring that Chinese troops are stationed on the line of control (LoC) between
India and Pakistan. Lt Gen KT Parnaik, who heads the operationally critical
Northern Command,
Parnaik was speaking at a seminar in Jammu last week. Top military commanders
are usually tight-lipped when it comes to China matters.
Gen Parnaik said China’s links with Pakistan through PoK facilitated quicker
deployment of Pakistani forces to complement its communist neighbour’s military
operations, outflanking India and jeopardising its security. "It poses military
challenges to India and not only along the Sino-Indian border but also along the
LoC," Parnaik said.
The possibility of China and Pakistan joining forces in India's farthest
frontiers, illegally occupied by the two neighbours, would have “direct military
implications” for New Delhi, a defence ministry report had warned two years
back. The ministry’s annual report for 2008-09 had alerted against the
possibility of China “enhancing connectivity” with Pakistan through disputed
territories in J&K, including PoK.
Parnaik said, "The Chinese links with Pakistan through PoK lend strength to
the China-Pakistan nexus that has been of great security concern for us. It
jeopardises our regional and strategic interest in the long run, the Chinese
footprints are too close for comfort."
The 1962 India-China war ended with China seizing some 38,000 sq km of Indian
territory in Aksai Chin in the eastern-most fringes of J&K. Pakistan went on
to unilaterally and illegally cede another 5,120 km of territory in northern
Kashmir to China under a 1963 pact.
ANIMA SINHA
PGDM - 2 sem
declaring that Chinese troops are stationed on the line of control (LoC) between
India and Pakistan. Lt Gen KT Parnaik, who heads the operationally critical
Northern Command,
Parnaik was speaking at a seminar in Jammu last week. Top military commanders
are usually tight-lipped when it comes to China matters.
Gen Parnaik said China’s links with Pakistan through PoK facilitated quicker
deployment of Pakistani forces to complement its communist neighbour’s military
operations, outflanking India and jeopardising its security. "It poses military
challenges to India and not only along the Sino-Indian border but also along the
LoC," Parnaik said.
The possibility of China and Pakistan joining forces in India's farthest
frontiers, illegally occupied by the two neighbours, would have “direct military
implications” for New Delhi, a defence ministry report had warned two years
back. The ministry’s annual report for 2008-09 had alerted against the
possibility of China “enhancing connectivity” with Pakistan through disputed
territories in J&K, including PoK.
Parnaik said, "The Chinese links with Pakistan through PoK lend strength to
the China-Pakistan nexus that has been of great security concern for us. It
jeopardises our regional and strategic interest in the long run, the Chinese
footprints are too close for comfort."
The 1962 India-China war ended with China seizing some 38,000 sq km of Indian
territory in Aksai Chin in the eastern-most fringes of J&K. Pakistan went on
to unilaterally and illegally cede another 5,120 km of territory in northern
Kashmir to China under a 1963 pact.
ANIMA SINHA
PGDM - 2 sem
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