Myths & Realities: Disengagement in Eastern Ladakh

Bharat Shakti

Of late some articles in the media have raised the issue of the Chinese not having withdrawn from the areas of Depsang, Gogra, and Hot Springs, along with their withdrawal from the areas of Fingers 4 to Finger 8. It appears that the fine print of the agreement during the 9th Corps Commanders' meet has been lost in the euphoria of the Chinese withdrawal from the Fingers area. The fact of withdrawal from the areas of Depsang, Gogra, and Hot Springs being issues that would be negotiated post the Fingers being cleared was stated clearly by the Northern Army Commander in his interview by Nitin Gokhale and also the RM in his statement in the Parliament.

The odd article in the media has also expressed the concern that we perhaps sold ourselves short to the Chinese while withdrawing from Rechin La and Rezang La. Could the Indian withdrawal from these features be leveraged more?

Brig SK Chatterji (Retd) Editor, Bharatshakti. in discusses the issues with Nitin Gokhale Editor-in-Chief of Stratnews Global and Bharatshakti. in. Nitin Gokhale is a senior journalist, author of several books, strategic analyst, and speaker at global forums.

Podcast Producer: Manas R. Tarai