Indian army moving its troops to Arunachal along-Indo-China border

The Indian army has moved its troops to Arunachal Pradesh on Wednesday in view of the stand-off between the troops of the neighboring nation in June this year. The clash in June which took place in the western part of the border was the worst violence in decades and there has not been much reduction in the tension since.

Although both the government and military officials in India have ruled out any imminent confrontation or escalation, the movement of troops to the eastern district of Anjaw in Arunachal Pradesh raises concerns of a wider face off.

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“The military presence has surely increased, but as far as incursions are concerned, there are no verified reports as such,” said Ayushi Sudan, Anjaw’s chief civil servant, adding that there has been an increase in troop deployment since the Galwan incident.

According to an army statement, a fresh clash also occurred between the Indian and Chinese troops on the intervening night of August 29 and August 30 in eastern Ladakh after the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) carried out provocative military movements in order to change the status quo.

Security analysts have warned that Arunachal Pradesh could become a flashpoint again as the state was at the centre of a full-scale war between India and China in 1962.

Lieutenant Colonel Harsh Wardhan Pande, an Indian military spokesperson, however said that the troops arriving in the area were part of regular rotation, adding that it happens every time, nothing new.

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