The top Indian Army commander, Lieutenant General Harinder Singh situated in Leh who has driven the Indian response in the LAC dispute with China in east Ladakh, will move out and assume responsibility for the force’s military academy.
The present 14 Corps Commander situated in Leh, Lieutenant General Singh, who was occupied with the military negotiations with China over the border dispute, will assume responsibility for the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun as Commandant from the 1st of October.
He is being supplanted by Lieutenant General P.G.K. Menon, who is presently posted as Additional Director General of the Complaints Advisory Board (CAB) at the Army Headquarters. He is accountable for the service redressal framework and reports straight to Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane.
Lt Gen Menon was additionally a part of the recent Corps Commander-level meet between the Indian and Chinese militaries. However, Lt Gen Singh had been exclusively occupied with negotiations with the Chinese in five successive Corps Commander-level meetings. He additionally had been from the very first day looking after every single movement of the force at the Line of Actual Control.
It was distinctly during the 6th round of conversations on September 21 that Lt Gen Menon joined the negotiation group to talk about a resolution in the five-month-long deadlock with China in east Ladakh.
In the past, a division accountable for the China border was directed by Lt Gen Menon and had a stint in the 14 Corps as Brigadier earlier.
In the last gathering on September 21, China demanded that India vacate key
strategic heights on the south bank of Pangong lake before any kind of disengagement talks.
During Corps Commander-level conversations, China disclosed to India that they won’t discuss disengagement in east Ladakh, where the build-up by the two sides has set off a war-like circumstance in the course of the last four months, till the time India vacates key strategic positions.
Chinese People’s Liberation Army troops are determined to resolve the circumstance first on the southern bank where the Indian army are in a place of strength strategically yet India needs a guide for de-escalation all over Ladakh, India has firmly stated that the Line of Actual Control (LAC) should be drawn out.
India expressed during conversations that all friction regions including Depsang should be talked about for disengagement all across the LAC.
A top Indian Army official stated: Why should discussions be restricted to one or two places when there is a massive build-up all across?
India has taken place on critical mountain heights on the southern bank of Pangong lake including Rezang La, Rechin La, Mukpari that were unmanned until now.
These alongside some other peaks permits India to dominate Spangur Gap under Chinese control and furthermore the Moldo garrison on the Chinese side.
This has angered the PLA which has made numerous endeavours to remove Indian soldiers prompting instances of warning shots being fired.
India changed the principles of engagement after the Galwan conflict of June 15 where 20 Indian troops and an undisclosed number of Chinese troops were killed.
