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First up, the Galwan valley has always been contested by both sides with frequent patrolling and cross-infiltration in the past. After the recent military level talks, both sides decided to move back which they did but IA noticed a PLA post in the disputed region which when confronted resulted in the aftermath with casualties on both sidesBut the grave problem for India is that the Chinese now hold about 60 sq km of land where they didn't invade earlier--land which threatens Indian supplies like Pakistan threatened the supplies during the Kargil War in 1999.
For instance, this news was up until an hour ago regarding the Pangong lake which is one among the two being contested, the other being Galwan
https://epistlenews.co.uk/featured/...n-controlled-by-china-since-1962-sources.html
Several chinese sources and media outlets did admit casualties but didn't wanna reveal their numbers so that we don't get into a d**k measuring contest like that on LoC
China has not released details of the deaths and injuries on its side, in an attempt to avoid any notion of winners or losers and prevent any escalation of tensions, but with casualties on both sides and tensions having been simmering for a while before boiling over, the incident cannot but raise worries that the situation risks running out of control - CHINA DAILY
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202006/17/WS5eea05bca310834817253bc7.html
While Amit Shah did mention in the Parliament that we'd take back AJK & GB, that's for a later note and there's no immediate plan afaik. Ladakh standoff arised since chinese were concerned of IA beefing up our infrastructure which would enable us to gain a stronghold in future disputes. The bridge at Galwan valley was something they were hell bent on obstructingWhy did the Indian planners not think that their overt attempts to grab the Pakistani held Kashmir, showing displeasure with CPEC, and being part of the Quadrilateral group (with Australia, USA, and Japan) to counter China was not going to have consequences?!!! If the Indian calculations are based off American support then that may or may not happen--as it is, the Americans are basically dumping India in Afghanistan
Secondly, we never banked on the US. We've seen how US ditched some of it's closest partners & allies, how pak was refused of additional F-16s or AH-1Z's and how Turkey was kicked outta F-35 program for selecting S-400
If we take the words of Pravin S. or Ajai Shukla who's tweets most pdf pakistanis quote since it suits their narrative, we would've sold out Kashmir to pak, Ladakh & NE to china alreadyThe Force Magazine You Tuber Pravin S. keeps telling Indian planners that, while China is not open to making concessions for peace, Pakistan is and India should talk with Pakistan. Poor guy is at pains to repeat these in several of his videos--and so would be the Indian leadership under Congress; remember that there was almost some agreement between Musharraf and Manmohan Singh for peace in mid 2000s