Chinese mouthpiece provokes within 24 hours of China-Rajnath meeting; Swamy lashes out

Senior BJP leader Dr Subramanian Swamy on Sunday slammed Chinese mouthpiece Global Times for stoking tensions between two countries, hours after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met with his Chinese counterpart in Moscow. In an editorial Saturday, China's state-affiliated media Global Times claimed that China's national and military strength was 'much stronger' than India's adding that if it boils down to a 'war' based on  combat capabilities of two countries, India was bound to lose. 

“We must remind Indian side that China’s national strength, including its military strength, is much stronger than India’s. Although China and India are both great powers, when it comes to ultimate competition of combat capability, Indian side will lose. If a border war starts, India will have chance of winning," said Global Times article.

article also claimed that Indian troops were 'kidnapped' by nationalism and that India's policies were dictated by nationalism and public opinion. “Indian public opinion is too deeply and widely involved in border issues. Indian troop has been obviously kidnapped by domestic nationalism,” Global Times said.

Calling talks between India and China 'fruitless', Rajya Sabha MP also suggested External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar call off his meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister, due next week. Swamy added that countries would t make headway since India wanted China to vacate its territory, which Communist country did t agree on since it refused to recognize region as Indian territory.  

Rajnath Singh meets counterpart in Moscow

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday called for restoration of status quo ante at all friction points in eastern Ladakh during sidelines of a key Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meet with his Chinese counterpart General Wei Fenghe in Moscow. This was  first highest-level face-to-face meeting between two sides since violent face-off erupted at LAC in June.  two and a half-hour-long talk that began around 9:30 pm (IST) at a prominent hotel in Moscow was focused on ways to resolve prolonged border standoff in Ladakh. Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar and Indian Ambassador to Russia DB Venkatesh Varma were part of Indian delegation at talks held after repeated requests from Gen. Wei.

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Indian Army pre-empts Chinese attack

On August 31, Indian Army said that Chinese side carried out provocative military movements to change status quo on Aug 29-30. "Indian troops pre-empted this PLA activity on Sourn Bank of Pangong Tso Lake, undertook measures to strengn our positions and thwart Chinese intentions to unilaterally change facts on ground," official statement by Defence Ministry said. Moreover, Army has confirmed that re has been physical clash between Indian and Chinese troops near sourn bank of Pangong Tso in Eastern Ladakh, after which a Brigade Commander level Flag Meeting was held at Chushul.

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