By Manmohan Dhar
China has dared to warn India that if it does not call it’s troops back from donglong and esclates a war like situation in the area, then China will be forced to deal militarily with India and the result won’t be in favour of India. Moreover India should learn lessons from 1962 war.
Well, India, what it was in 1962, is not in 2017. This was to be conveyed to the Chinese authorities, and that is what our defense Minister Mr. Arun Jaitley did.
China cannot be allowed to show it’s high-handedness in doklam, the area which belongs to Bhutan, and under an agreement between India and the Bhutanese Government, India can intervene to safeguard the territorial interests of Bhutan.
But, China wants to undermine the territorial rights of Bhutan, simply by entering into it’s land and India cannot be a silent spectator to what China is up to.
Therefore, it is not the issue of as to who wins the war and who loses. It is the question of maintaining the sanctity of the International borders.
However, if China dares India, it is not India who has to learn lessons from 1962 war, it is China. India would have come out victorious even in 1962, had the Indian air Force been allowed to operate, by the then Prime Minister Pt.Jawahar Lal Nehru.
China must be day dreaming if it thinks in terms of it’s victory if it thrusts war on India. India is a super power, and will never allow China to grab the territories belonging to other neighbouring countries, even if it comes at a cost of fighting a war with China.
It would be in the greater interests of China to back off from doklam, and stop enchroaching into the Bhutanese territory and start a meaningful dialogue with all neighbouring countries, including India.
A “face-saving” workable option would be, for both India and China, to simultaneously withdraw their troops from the Bhutanese territory of Doklam (called Dong Lang by China) near the Sikkim-Bhutan-Tibet tri-junction. And then only any meaningful dialogue could be started. Otherwise if China thinks that warning a giant like India through it’s rheteric, would be nothing but a futile exercise. Because India can give a befitting reply to China’s aggression, if at all it dares to challenge the might of Indian army.
China has a big lesson to learn from 1962, when India stood like a rock. China knows it better, had Indian air Force been allowed to operate, India would have won the battle.
But still, if china, enslaved by it’s arrogance, finds no other option than to enter into a conflict, it is bound to be taught a lesson.
The ball is in China’s court, let us see how the 15 day ultimatum given by China is transformed into a war.