On April 15, 2013, a platoon of the People's Liberation Army(PLA) of China, reportedly intruded 18km deep into our territory in the Ladakh area and stayed put till the writing of this blogpost. Despite several military and diplomatic efforts, the Chinese arrogantly and aggressively rejected our requests to go back to their side of the Line of Actual Control(LAC ). This latest incident of China's crude display of its armed might while mouthing meaningless rhetoric of friendly bilateral relations, inevitably takes us back to the tragic Nehruvian phase of Hindi-Chini Bhai Bhai(Indians and Chinese are brothers) when our first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's thoughtless, romantic policy towards Maoist China, brought worst disaster in 1962: Maoist troops invaded India in the North-East and occupied a large territory. The neglect of the border areas and the ill-equipped armed forces resulted in the worst humiliation of the Indian army.
However, fifty years down the line, no lessons seemed to have been learnt. Several defence and strategic analysts have opined that the infrastructure in the border areas is almost as pathetic as before; so is the preparedness of our troops guarding the areas. The latest Chinese incursion and our govt's reluctance to challenge the intruding PLA platoon-and even blocking its supply lines-is a tell-tale evidence of our
congress-ruled, Manmohan Singh-led government's utter incompetence, pussillanimity, confusion and lack of resolve to protect national interests.
On the contrary, the ministerial statements only underline utter spinelessness, timidity and callousness of this govt. The PM says he has a plan for this "localised" affair but he does not share this with outraged citizens; similarly, his stupid Home Minister calls the area as a "no-man's land"; his Foreign Minister calls the incursion as "acne" that will go away with some ointment! What can the Indian people expect from such crazy, confused govt?
However, fifty years down the line, no lessons seemed to have been learnt. Several defence and strategic analysts have opined that the infrastructure in the border areas is almost as pathetic as before; so is the preparedness of our troops guarding the areas. The latest Chinese incursion and our govt's reluctance to challenge the intruding PLA platoon-and even blocking its supply lines-is a tell-tale evidence of our
congress-ruled, Manmohan Singh-led government's utter incompetence, pussillanimity, confusion and lack of resolve to protect national interests.
On the contrary, the ministerial statements only underline utter spinelessness, timidity and callousness of this govt. The PM says he has a plan for this "localised" affair but he does not share this with outraged citizens; similarly, his stupid Home Minister calls the area as a "no-man's land"; his Foreign Minister calls the incursion as "acne" that will go away with some ointment! What can the Indian people expect from such crazy, confused govt?
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