Would’ve lost Galwan, Doklam If India Hadn’t Invested In Security: Army Vice Chief
Lt Gen Mohanty highlighted that the Indian Armed forces do not have any political aspirations and respect the politics in the country
Mumbai: Lieutenant General CP Mohanty, the Vice Chief of Army Staff said that if India would not have invested in its armed forces, then the country would have lost the battles in Kargil, Galwan, and Doklam.
Addressing in an event Lt Gen Mohanty, “Had the country not invested in the security we would have lost probably the war in Kargil, Doklam. Even the internal security in Jammu & Kashmir would have been in turmoil. Our northeast region would have been in turmoil and Naxals would have had a field day.”
Responding to the critics on ‘huge expenditure in armed forces’ statements, the Army Vice Chief quoted, “If Tibet had strong armed forces, they would have never been invaded.”
Lt Gen Mohanty also said that the incident in Doklam and Galwan, has not only enhanced the prestige of the nation by has given the country a ‘big structure’ in the international arena.
He said, “Today everybody talks about India as the net security provider and it is a security umbrella against a big nation.”
Lt Gen Mohanty highlighted in his speech that the Indian Armed forces do not have any political aspirations and respect the politics in the country.
“There have been other examples where the military leaders had political aspirations. The Indian Armed Forces have no such aspirations, we respect the politics here,” he stressed.
Lieutenant General Chandi Prasad Mohanty also further added Indian Armed Forces are a symbol of national integration as it rises above ethnicity, caste, and creed.
The Galwan clash refers to the beginning of May 5 2020, when Chinese and Indian troops engaged in face-offs and skirmishes at locations along the Sino-Indian border, including near the disputed Pangong lake in Ladakh and the Tibet Autonomous Region.
Also, the 2017 China India border standoff between the Indian Armed Forces and the People’s Liberation Army of China over the construction of a road in Doklam near a trijunction border area, known as Donglang.
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