But if provoked, in any situation, India will give a decisive response - PM Narendra Modi
Jaishankar urges China to 'reassess' its actions, take "corrective steps"
TaiwanNews.com, a Taiwan based English news portal has carried a interesting photo created digitally showing Rama poised to slay a dragon. The news item on the portal titled 'Photo of the Day: India's Rama takes on China's dragon' has the subtitle 'India's Rama poised to slay China's dragon over Ladakh border dispute'. The photo has caught attention of Indian netizens and supporters of Indian Army.
The TaiwanNews take on the stand-off between India and China shows popular support for India in Taiwan. The news item with the photo of Rama slaying the dragon with the caption 'Rama fighting dragon' has been viewed more than 1.5K times on the portal. The image was reportedly posted on a Hong Kong social media site 'LIHKG'.
The image is also culturally significant as it has Rama representing India whereas uses the same old dragon to represent China. India in international media has been represented mostly with a tiger or a elephant vis-a-vis dragon for China and hence this new representation is culturally significant, many netizens observed.
"As nationalism on both sides of the border reached a fever pitch that day, an illustration showing Rama, the seventh avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu, drawing a bow and preparing to shoot a huge arrow into a Chinese dragon beside the words "We Conquer. We kill." was posted on the Hong Kong social media site LIHKG", says the news item. "Hong Kong Twitter user HoSaiLei soon shared it and wrote "An Indian friend has already finished this exquisite Sino-Indian war poster." Within 21 hours, the post had gained 861 likes, 300 retweets, and 34 comments", says the report on TaiwanNews.com.tw.
The Hong Kong user who posted the photo 'HoSaiLei' responded to gratitude from Indian users and wrote 'Please know this, we support you!'.
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External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on June 17, Wednesday held telephonic talks with his
Chinese counterpart Wang Yi and asserted that the need of the hour was for the Chinese side
"to reassess its actions and take corrective steps".
In a candid talk, the Minister underlined that unprecedented development (Chinese actions at LAC) will have "a serious impact on the bilateral relationship".
"EAM (Jaishankar) conveyed the protest of the Government of India in the strongest terms on the violent face-off in Galwan Valley on 15 June 2020. He recalled that at the meeting of senior Military Commanders held on 6th June, an agreement was reached on de-escalation and disengagement along the Line of Actual Control (LAC)," an MEA statement said.
Jaishankar said that the ground commanders were meeting regularly to implement this consensus throughout the last week.
"While there was some progress, the Chinese side sought to erect a structure in Galwan valley on our side of the LAC. While this became a source of dispute, the Chinese side took premeditated and planned action that was directly responsible for the resulting violence and casualties. It reflected an intent to change the facts on ground in violation of all our agreements to not change the status quo," the statement said.
Dr Jaishankar underlined that the two sides should scrupulously and sincerely implement the understanding that
was reached by the Senior Commanders on 6th June.
"Troops of both sides should also abide by the bilateral agreements and protocols. They should strictly respect and
observe the Line of Actual Control and should not take any unilateral action to alter it. The State Councillor and
Foreign Minister of China, on his part, conveyed the Chinese position on recent developments."
At the conclusion of the discussion, the MEA statement said it was agreed that the overall situation would be
handled in a responsible manner, and "both sides would implement" the disengagement understanding of 6 June
sincerely.
"Neither side would take any action to escalate matters and instead, ensure peace and tranquillity as per bilateral agreements and protocols," the statement said.
On Tuesday (June 16) also, the Modi government took an assertive diplomatic posture and decided to expose
Chinese double standards by calling spade a spade.
Hours after "a violent face-off" between Chinese and Indian soldiers that resulted in casualties on both sides,
MEA spokesman Anurag Srivastava said: "Both sides suffered casualties that could have been avoided had the
agreement at the higher level been scrupulously followed by the Chinese side".
In a clear message, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that the "supreme sacrifice of our Soldiers will not go in vain".
"Whatever be the situation and condition, India will firmly defend it's self-respect and fight for every inch of land which rightfully belongs to us", Modi said at the meeting with Chief Ministers convened to discuss Covid19 situation.
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In the 'violent face off' 20 Indian soldiers including a commanding officer were martyred, but sources also maintained that Chinese side also suffered casualties of its soldiers numbering around 50.
India calls spade a spade: Says casualties on both sides could have been avoided had China respected 'consensus'
New Delhi: The Modi government took an assertive diplomatic posture on Tuesday and decided to expose Chinese double standards by calling spade a spade.
Hours after "a violent face-off" between Chinese and Indian soldiers that resulted in casualties on both sides, India on Tuesday slammed Beijing for "departing" from the consensus approach agreed upon by both sides to respect the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Galwan Valley.
"While it was our expectation that this (parleys between two sides) would unfold smoothly, the Chinese side departed from the consensus to respect the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Galwan Valley," MEA spokesman Anurag Srivastava said in reply to media queries.
"Both sides suffered casualties that could have been avoided had the agreement at the higher level been scrupulously followed by the Chinese side," he said.
According to reports, three Indian soldiers, including the commanding officer of an Army unit attained
martyrdom in the action.
"India and China have been discussing through military and diplomatic channels the de-escalation of the situation in the border area in Eastern Ladakh," Srivastava said adding senior Commanders had a productive meeting on 6th June 2020 and agreed on a process for such de-escalation. Subsequently, ground commanders had a series of meetings to implement the consensus reached at a higher level.
He stated that on the late-evening and night of 15th June, 2020 a violent face-off happened as a result of an attempt by the Chinese side to unilaterally change the status quo there. "Given its responsible approach to border management, India is very clear that all its activities are always within the Indian side of the LAC. We expect the same of the Chinese side," the spokesman
asserted.
"We remain firmly convinced of the need for the maintenance of peace and tranquillity in the border areas and the resolution of differences through dialogue. At the same time, we are also strongly committed to ensuring India’s sovereignty and territorial integrity," he added.
The statement comes after a series of meetings held by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and top military officials.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah had a separate meeting with top officials of ITBP and other civil officials.
A high level meeting also was held by Defence Minister Singh along with Army Chief Gen M M Naravane, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat.
External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar also reportedly met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and briefed him
about the developments.
During the day, a statement emerged from Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi also wherein he criticised Indian side.
Meanwhile, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is slated to participate in a virtual meet with his counterparts from
China and Russia under tri-lateral RIC arrangement June 22.
This will also be the maiden such high-level interaction involving India and China since the escalation of tensions at the LAC.
PM's statement on LAC row
भारत-चीन सीमा क्षेत्रों की स्थिति पर प्रधानमंत्री का वक्तव्य
जून 17, 2020
साथियों,
भारत माता के वीर सपूतों ने गलवान वैली में हमारी मातृभूमि की रक्षा करते हुये सर्वोच्च बलिदान दिया है। मैं देश की सेवा में उनके इस महान बलिदान के लिए उन्हें नमन करता हूं, उन्हें कृतज्ञतापूर्वक श्रद्धांजलि देता हूँ।
दुःख की इस कठिन घड़ी में हमारे इन शहीदों के परिजनों के प्रति मैं अपनी समवेदनाएं व्यक्त करता हूँ। आज पूरा देश आपके साथ है, देश की भावनाएं आपके साथ हैं। हमारे इन शहीदों का ये बलिदान व्यर्थ नहीं जाएगा। चाहे स्थिति कुछ भी हो, परिस्थिति कुछ भी हो, भारत पूरी दृढ़ता से देश की एक एक इंच जमीन की, देश के स्वाभिमान की रक्षा करेगा।
भारत सांस्कृतिक रूप से एक शांति प्रिय देश है। हमारा इतिहास शांति का रहा है। भारत का वैचारिक मंत्र ही रहा है- लोकाः समस्ताः सुखिनों भवन्तु। हमने हर युग में पूरे संसार में शांति की, पूरी मानवता के कल्याण की कामना की है।
हमने हमेशा से ही अपने पड़ोसियों के साथ एक cooperative और friendly तरीके से मिलकर काम किया है। हमेशा उनके विकास और कल्याण की कामना की है। जहां कहीं हमारे मतभेद भी रहे हैं, हमने हमेशा ही ये प्रयास किया है कि मतभेद विवाद न बनें, differences disputes में न बदलें।
हम कभी किसी को भी उकसाते नहीं हैं, लेकिन हम अपने देश की अखंडता और संप्रभुता के साथ समझौता भी नहीं करते हैं। जब भी समय आया है, हमने देश की अखंडता और संप्रभुता की रक्षा करने में अपनी शक्ति का प्रदर्शन किया है, अपनी क्षमताओं को साबित किया है।
त्याग और तितिक्षा हमारे राष्ट्रीय चरित्र का हिस्सा हैं, लेकिन साथ ही विक्रम और वीरता भी उतना ही हमारे देश के चरित्र का हिस्सा हैं। मैं देश को भरोसा दिलाना चाहता हूँ, हमारे जवानों का बलिदान व्यर्थ नहीं जाएगा।
हमारे लिए भारत की अखंडता और संप्रभुता सर्वोच्च है, और इसकी रक्षा करने से हमें कोई भी नहीं रोक सकता। इस बारे में किसी को भी जरा भी भ्रम या संदेह नहीं होना चाहिए। भारत शांति चाहता है।
लेकिन भारत को उकसाने पर हर हाल में निर्णायक जवाब भी दिया जाएगा।
(But if provoked, in any situation, India will give a decisive response)
देश को इस बात का गर्व होगा की हमारे सैनिक मारते मारते मरे हैं. मेरा आप सभी से आग्रह है की हम दो मिनट का मौन रख के इन सपूतों को श्रद्धांजलि दें
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