Subramanian Swamy Lashes Out at Global Times
Global Times claimed that China’s national & military strength was ‘much stronger’ than India’s adding that if it boils down to a ‘war’, India was bound to lose
Senior BJP leader Dr Subramanian Swamy on Sunday slammed Chinese mouthpiece Global Times for stoking tensions between the two countries, hours after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met with his Chinese counterpart in Moscow. In an editorial Saturday, Global Times the mouth piece of Chinese Communist Party, claimed that China’s national and military strength was ‘much stronger’ than India’s adding that if it boils down to a ‘war’ based on the combat capabilities of two countries, India was bound to lose.
The Global Times said “We must remind the Indian side that China’s national strength, including its military strength, is much stronger than India’s. Although China and India are both great powers, when it comes to the ultimate competition of combat capability, the Indian side will lose. If a border war starts, India will have no chance of winning.”
The Editorial Board of this tabloid seems to be living in a dream world. They seem to be totally unaware of the fact that Chinese PLA has no combat experience whatsoever. The PLA is facing the Indian Army which is as strong and fully baptized in combat. The terrain too favours the Indian Army which this time is determined to take the battle into Tibet. Their capability has also been bolstered by a division worth of Tibetan troops who are more than eager to liberate Tibet from Chinese occupation of last70 years.
The article also claimed that Indian troops were ‘kidnapped’ by nationalism and that India’s policies were dictated by nationalism and public opinion. “Indian public opinion is too deeply and widely involved in border issues. The Indian troop has been obviously kidnapped by domestic nationalism,” Global Times said.
China should know that Indian troops are always ready to defend the cause of nationalism without the coercion of so called political Commissars. Also in a democracy like India, the public is fully aware and they always back their Armed Forces to the hilt.
Now this within 24 hours:”India has no chance of winning in case of a war”: China’s Global Times—a Chinese Communist Party mouthpiece.!!! — Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) September 5, 2020
Calling talks between India and China ‘fruitless’, the Rajya Sabha MP also suggested External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar call off his meeting with the Chinese Foreign Minister, due next week. Swamy added that the countries would not make headway since India wanted China to vacate its territory, which the Communist country did not agree on since it refused to recognize the region as Indian territory.
India should call off it’s proposed meeting of our External Minister with the Chinese Foreign Minister due next week. It is fruitless since India wants China to vacate occupied Indian territory but China does not recognise it as Indian territory so will not vacate. — Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) September 6, 2020
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday called for the restoration of status quo ante at all friction points in eastern Ladakh during the sidelines of a key Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meet with his Chinese counterpart General Wei Fenghe in Moscow. Now we all know that this meeting was fruitless because the PLA is not controlked by the Chinese Defence Minister or the the Defence Ministry.
This was the first highest-level face-to-face meeting between the two sides but of no consequences as the Chinese Defence Minister is just a ceremonial figure with no authority over the Chinese Armed Forces.
The two and a half-hour-long talk that began around 9:30 pm (IST) at a prominent hotel in Moscow was focused on ways to resolve the prolonged border standoff in Ladakh. Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar and Indian Ambassador to Russia DB Venkatesh Varma were part of the Indian delegation at the talks held after repeated requests from Gen. Wei.
On August 31, the Indian Army said that the Chinese side carried out provocative military movements to change the status quo on Aug 29-30. “Indian troops pre-empted this PLA activity on the Southern Bank of Pangong Tso Lake, undertook measures to strengthen our positions and thwart Chinese intentions to unilaterally change facts on the ground,” the official statement by the Defence Ministry said. Moreover, the Army has confirmed that there has been no physical clash between Indian and Chinese troops near the southern bank of Pangong Tso in Eastern Ladakh, after which a Brigade Commander level Flag Meeting was held at Chushul.
