Indian Army Flies Tricolour High In Galwan Valley On New Year
The photos posted on the internet by Union Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju are perceived as a powerful counter to the video shared by the Chinese Communist Party mouthpiece Global Times on January 1.
Days after China released a propaganda video, pictures have emerged of a group of Indian Army soldiers proudly hoisting the tricolour in Ladakh's Galwan Valley on New Year's Day.
The photos posted on the internet by Union Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju are perceived as a powerful counter to the video shared by the Chinese Communist Party mouthpiece Global Times on January 1. In this video, China tried to spread misinformation that it holds complete control of the Galwan Valley.
Rijiju posted pictures from Galwan on Twitter
In his tweet, Rijiju wrote, "Brave Indian Army soldiers in Galwan Valley on the occasion of #NewYear2022". The tweet comes a day after Chinese troops in a state media tweet showed them with their flag at Galwan valley.
Brave Indian Army soldiers in Galwan Valley on the occasion of #NewYear2022 pic.twitter.com/5IyQaC9bfz
¡ª Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) January 4, 2022
Earlier, he wrote in a tweet, "The JOSH of Indian Army is always high even at freezing temperature of below -8¡ãC. Spent time with brave Army Jawans from Assam Regiment & Arunachal Scouts. We walked at RR Hills near Bomdila, Arunachal Pradesh."
The JOSH of #IndianArmy is always high even at freezing temperature of below -8¡ãC !!
¡ª Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) December 30, 2021
Spent time with brave Army Jawans from Assam Regiment & Arunachal Scouts. We walked at RR Hills near Bomdila, Arunachal Pradesh. pic.twitter.com/xSevU7Wk6m
Tensions run high in Ladakh
After the violent faceoff in Galwan valley in June 2020, several rounds of military and diplomatic talks have been held but largely they have ended in a stalemate. Disengagement at some border points did take place but by and large, there is an impasse on complete disengagement.
Disengagement at Depsang and Hot Springs remains a key sticky point. There is still a huge build-up of forces on each side of eastern Ladakh even during the harsh winter. Satellite images from July last year confirmed the disengagement of Indian and Chinese soldiers from the Galwan clash site by 2 km on either side.
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This took place after special representative-level talks between National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
Relations sour over Arunachal Pradesh
India and China have also not been on the best of terms over Arunachal Pradesh. India last week said it has seen reports of China attempting to rename some places in Arunachal Pradesh "in its own language". India said the state has been and will always be an integral part of India and "assigning invented names does not alter this fact".
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