A former MLA from Ladakh Thursday claimed that the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China is just 80 kms away from Leh and urged the BJP government to let the nation know about the actual situation about stand-off in eastern Ladakh.
“If there is no solution before the forthcoming harsh winters, the situation will have a drastic impact over the entire region since the incursion has already happened and the PLA is only 80 kilometres away from the Leh City,” Deldan Namgyal, former MLA of Congress party from Nubra constituency of Ladakh, told DH over the phone.
“In the past, China would make incursions, but that would be in inches. Now since last August, they have encroached Indian territory in kilometres. The Central government must accept that the incursion has happened in huge numbers and now we (Indian Territory) are only left with finger 1, 2 and 3 and have lost finger 4,5,6,7 and 8 to China by this time,” he said.
The former legislator claimed that the PLA is dominating the highest altitude at the spot and Indian Army is downwards. “In case anything unfortunate happens, the rate of casualties to Indian side will be higher,” he warned.
Namgyal blamed the Central government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi of lying to the nation. “The PM recently said that no one has encroached on our land nor anything similar will be allowed to happen, which is a total lie,” he claimed.
The former MLA said that the redrawn political map of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh after the abrogation of Article 370 on last August provoked China to intensify its incursions in the cold desert region.
Earlier in June, former Indian Ambassador and well-known strategic affairs expert P Stobdan had also said that New Delhi’s decision of making Ladakh a separate Union Territory could be the reason for Chinese intrusion in the Galwan river valley and Pangong lake sectors.
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