A violent clash between Indian Army and the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) troops at Line of Actual Control (PLA), on Monday, June 15, left several Indians in pain as the news flashed of several Indian soldiers martyred in the clash. While the news flashed in the morning of Tuesday, June 16 confirmed the martyrdom of 2 soldiers and 1 commander officer of Indian Army, the number surged to 20 by evening, citing sources. The Chinese media and Foreign Ministry spoke in tandem to blame Indian side for invading to Chinese side of the border at Galwan Valley at Ladakh.
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The Chinese media, Global Times, citing Foreign Ministry, reported that Chinese side hasn’t received any casualties while confirming the martyrdom of 2 soldiers and 1 army colonel of Indian Army in the violent clash. Soon, a Global Times reporter, Wang Wenwen, tweeted in the afternoon revealing the casualties of 5 PLA soldiers while 11 injured in the violent clash.
Reports say 5 PLA soldiers were killed and 11 were injured at LAC China-India border yesterday.
— Wang Wenwen (@WenwenWang1127) June 16, 2020
Soon, after Indian media cited Wang for the Chinese side casualties, Wang came out refuting her claims in her earlier tweet and stated that the tweet was based on a report by an Indian source. She later went ahead to share a screenshot of her source which portrayed her fear and pressure to refute her claims of Chinese side casualties.
The Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh, headed a meeting with the chief of three forces of the country viz; Army, Air Force and Navy. The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Bipin Rawat, also attended the meeting which was held to strategize India’s plan of action in the aftermath of the violent clash at Galwan Valley, Ladakh. The meeting ended and as per sources, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was informed of the synopsis of the meeting.
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The External Affairs Ministry spokesperson, Anurag Srivastava, came forward to address the media and stated that China’s PLA hasn’t obliged to its promise to respect the LAC and has again tried to cross the border to barge into the Indian soil. “While it was our expectations that it would unfold smoothly, the Chinese side departed from the consensus to respect the LAC in the Galwan Valley. On the late evening and night of June 15, 2020 a violent face-off happened as a result of an attempt by the Chinese side to unilaterally change the status quo there. Both sides suffered casualties that could have been avoided had the agreement at the higher level been scrupulously followed by the Chinese side,” stated Srivastava on the Indo-China border face-off.
The China’s PLA later repudiated to share the real number of casualties suffered by PLA in order to de-escalate any tension arising due to number comparison. In a tweet by Wang Wenwen of Global Times, she wrote, “From our editorial: It is noteworthy that the Chinese side did not disclose the number of casualties of the Chinese military, a move that aims to avoid comparing and preventing confrontational sentiments from escalating.,”
From our editorial: It is noteworthy that the Chinese side did not disclose the number of casualties of the Chinese military, a move that aims to avoid comparing and preventing confrontational sentiments from escalating. https://t.co/x8RoiZotgc
— Wang Wenwen (@WenwenWang1127) June 16, 2020
The talks are still on to disengage both the sides of India and China from any more face-off. However, India has cleared it’s stance in the matter that it will not compromise with its territorial map at any cost. This is the first after 1975 where such high casualties are reported at LAC due to violent clashes between PLA and Indian troops.
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