China disrupted traditional patrolling pattern of Indian troops in Galwan Valley causing face-off conditions: Rajnath
Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh has said that it was due to China disrupting the normal and traditional patrolling pattern of Indian troops in the Galwan Valley in May this year that face-off conditions between the two armies developed."From April, the number of Chinese armies and their armaments on the border of Eastern Ladakh was observed. Early in the month of May, China began disrupting the normal, traditional patrolling pattern of our troops in the Galwan Valley region, causing face-off conditions. Ground commander level meetings were also being held," Singh said while speaking in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of India’s Parliament."Meanwhile, in mid-May, China made transgression attempts on Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the western sector. This includes Kongka, Gogra, and th