Galwan valley incident part of larger chinese design, says Captain Amarinder Singh, citing region's strategic importance

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has termed the Galwan Valley violence as part of a larger design on the part of China. He said that India should not make the mistake of dismissing the incident as a patrol clash but should take a firm stand against any Chinese incursions into the Indian territory.

The amount of build-up in the Galwan Valley showed that the Chinese were working on a plan, said Captain Amarinder Singh. Adding, he said that India could not afford to lose even an inch of its land in the area, which is of huge strategic importance for both sides. “We have all seen clashes in our time, with Pakistan and even with Chinese, and this is definitely not a patrol clash,” he said.

The Chief Minister further said that the Chinese had reached right half-way through to the Siachen Glacier after Pakistan ceded the northern part of Shaksgam Valley in PoK in 1963. He also that “there is a little gap between the glacier and the Aksai Chin area, which is the Daulat Beg gap, which they are trying to close.”

“We have to take a strong position, and we should be clear that if we lose even an inch of land we must hold them responsible,” he said during the Congress Working Committee (CWC) video conference convened by the party’s interim president Sonia Gandhi, along with former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and Rahul Gandhi.

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