Dinesh_Kumar
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For Ladakh DBO incursion, Army Chief had been giving regular Briefing and Status Report to MOD and other officials. He had also pitched tents, by ITBP - under Ministry of Home Affairs, and some infantry was moved into the area, also in tents.
MOD also issued stmt saying Lt. Gen. Parnaik, under whose watch incursion had occured, was due for retirement in one month.
The General's intent was soon clear.
More reassuring at the time was Air Force testing 2 OSA SAMs -(I know they gave a statement that it was not working - whatever the outcome of test, the message was that Air Force was activated, and also stmt abt recent Iron Fist exercises, involved long range flying across length of India, completed the picture.)
Luckily at the time, when it appeared to me that entire Top Layer of Government gripped by Fear Psychosis, Sarabjit was killed in Pakistan. This one incident seemed to goad them into some kind of action .Immediately Top Leadership got active, and outcome was a tit-for-tat. (I'm not saying they "ordered" tit-for-tat, I'm saying outcome was a "tit-for-tat". We all agree it was unfortunate incident) . Just by taking some action by top leadership, it seems , situation improved somewhat. Also, at the time, staunch patriot and our nation's pride Shri Mulayam Singh had also issued stmt criticizing government about incursion, and hey presto, it became No. 1 issue in News Channels, public mind and hence in the Government.
Now, regarding Bhutan, see, its very important country and neighbor of us, and all the pact we have signed with them is all OK (...Yaa to you suckers!!), but the way it will be seen is as such - problem did not occur in India, so no problem!
Some polite noise by MEA spokesperson, and unleashing the Brahmaastra will suffice.
(Brahmaastra is an effective weapon which works every time. In our case, it is " Secretary to Secretary level interactions")
Just my 2 cents.
MOD also issued stmt saying Lt. Gen. Parnaik, under whose watch incursion had occured, was due for retirement in one month.
The General's intent was soon clear.
More reassuring at the time was Air Force testing 2 OSA SAMs -(I know they gave a statement that it was not working - whatever the outcome of test, the message was that Air Force was activated, and also stmt abt recent Iron Fist exercises, involved long range flying across length of India, completed the picture.)
Luckily at the time, when it appeared to me that entire Top Layer of Government gripped by Fear Psychosis, Sarabjit was killed in Pakistan. This one incident seemed to goad them into some kind of action .Immediately Top Leadership got active, and outcome was a tit-for-tat. (I'm not saying they "ordered" tit-for-tat, I'm saying outcome was a "tit-for-tat". We all agree it was unfortunate incident) . Just by taking some action by top leadership, it seems , situation improved somewhat. Also, at the time, staunch patriot and our nation's pride Shri Mulayam Singh had also issued stmt criticizing government about incursion, and hey presto, it became No. 1 issue in News Channels, public mind and hence in the Government.
Now, regarding Bhutan, see, its very important country and neighbor of us, and all the pact we have signed with them is all OK (...Yaa to you suckers!!), but the way it will be seen is as such - problem did not occur in India, so no problem!
Some polite noise by MEA spokesperson, and unleashing the Brahmaastra will suffice.
(Brahmaastra is an effective weapon which works every time. In our case, it is " Secretary to Secretary level interactions")
Just my 2 cents.