The Congress party criticized the government after a video clip surfaced showing Indian shepherds confronting Chinese soldiers in eastern Ladakh. The video purportedly shows Chinese soldiers stopping Indian shepherds from grazing their animals.
Indian and Chinese soldiers clashed at least two times in 2022 along their Himalayan frontier where they have been involved in a bitter standoff since 2020, according to new details that have emerged from the Indian Army's gallantry award citations. The incidents involved hand-to-hand combat and came as New Delhi and Beijing held a series of diplomatic and military talks to resolve their worst military conflict in decades. At least 20 Indian soldiers and four Chinese troops were killed in clashes in the area two years previously, in mid-2020.
Chinese President Xi Jinping today spoke with the soldiers of the PLA deployed on the border with India and inquired about their combat readiness. He said that this regions has been constantly changing.