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Moving of Sukhoi planes by China an indication that we have to get ready for retaliation: Swamy
New Delhi: The BJP Leader and the Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament, Subramanian Swamy on Thurday tweeted that India had to get ready to retaliate China’s actions.
Swamy wrote on his twitter that China has moved a large number of Russia made Sukhoi fighter jets to Tibet border with India and that this was in indication for India to be ready for retaliation.
Moving of Russian built Sukhoi planes in large numbers by Chinese Airforce to Tibet border with India, is an indication that we have to get ready for retaliation
— Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) September 3, 2020
Meanwhile, the People’s Liberation Army heavily deployed its troops yesterday along the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh’s Chushul district, which was followed by Indian Army changing its positions from “border management” to “border securing,” a Hindustan Times report read.
However, it is unclear what was the basis for this tweet by Swamy.
China has been deploying fighter and bomber aircraft to its bases in Tibet ever since tension over Ladakh started rising in May, The Week reported.
Earlier this week, media outlets reported China had deployed its J-20 stealth fighter to the Hotan airbase in Tibet.
Interestingly, both the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) and Indian Air Forces rely heavily on fighters derived from a common design from Russia’s Sukhoi aircraft design bureau, the Su-27.
China first brought the Su-27 fighter in 1991, ending almost three decades of animosity with the former Soviet Union, The Week revealed in its report.
Earlier, China demanded that India withdraw its armed forces personnel from China-India border in order to avoid escalation of tensions.
The move came after India said that fresh “provocative” military movements were made by Chinese army.
China has reportedly built surface-to-air missiles near a lake, which is a part of the Kailash-Mansarovar.
On August, 31, Indian army informed that Chinese troops “carried out provocative military movements to change the status quo” near Pangong Tso lake in Ladakh, on Saturday night and they were blocked by the Indian armed forces personnel manning the area, the government said.
A Brigade Commander level Flag Meeting was later held at Chushul to resolve the issues, as per the Government of India situation update.
The major flare-up, according to the reports, took place on the south bank of the Pangong Tso, which is of huge significance as no clashes have been reported here earlier.
The statement added that Indian Army is committed to maintaining peace and tranquillity through dialogue, but is also equally determined to protect its territorial integrity.
In Ladakh China has established high speed connectivity, including the setting up of 5G network near Demchok and fresh constructions at the Pangong Lake.
As New Delhi claims that both India and China will “continue to sincerely work towards complete disengagement” of armed forces personnel, talks aimed at resolving the military standoff along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh, has so far yielded no results.
A Chinese diplomat reacting to the standoff in Ladakh had said that the move is linked to the Indian government’s unilateral decision to scrap Article 370 in August last year.
The move changed the laws that prohibited Indians from buying land in Kashmir, and made the constitution of Jammu and Kashmir defunct, triggering fears of demographic change in the Muslim majority region of Kashmir.
When India scrapped Jammu and Kashmir’s special status on August 5 last year, the Chinese foreign ministry had issued two statements criticising the development, including one that focused on the splitting of the state into union territories.
This statement, while urging India to be “cautious” on the border issue and to avoid “actions that further complicate the border issue”, said: “China has always opposed India’s inclusion of Chinese territory in India’s administrative jurisdiction in the western part of the Sino-Indian border.”
This was a reference to the area in Ladakh that New Delhi claims but is controlled by Beijing.
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