India-Pakistan Border Standoff: ‘We Are Fully Prepared, Other Side Should Be Getting More Concerned,’ CDS Bipin Rawat Issues Warning To Pakistan

Bipin Rawat said that China's attempt to change the status quo on Line of Actual Control along the northern border amidst Covid-19 pandemic necessities high-level preparation on land, sea and air.

India will have two to five theatre commands by 2022, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat said on Monday.

New Delhi: In an apparent warning to Pakistan over the continuous ceasefire violation along the Kashmir border, Chief of Defence Staff  (CDS) General Bipin Rawat said that the ‘other side should be getting more concerned. We are fully prepared.’ “Time has come now to look at the future of warfighting imbibing technology into our systems. We have got adequate forces to counter any threat or challenges that we may face on northern border,” Rawat said. He said that China's attempt to change the status quo on Line of Actual Control along the northern border amidst Covid-19 pandemic necessities high-level preparation on land, sea and air. “We are in a standoff situation in Ladakh and based on that there is some development activity which has been ongoing in Tibet Autonomous Region of China. Every nation will continue to prepare for ensuring its security based on their stretagic interest,” he said. “I wish to assure you that we are fully prepared for any eventuality that we may be faced with,” he added. Rawat's comment comes a day after Pakistan violated ceasefire on the line of control (LoC) by using small firearms and mortar shells to target Indian positions in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district. Defence Ministry spokesman Colonel Devender Anand said that Pakistan indulged in unprovoked ceasefire violation along the LoC in Degwar Sector, to which the Indian Army retaliated befittingly. Two Jammu and Kashmir Ghaznavi Force (JKGF) terrorists were killed during an encounter that took place in Poonch district. One terrorist was captured by the security forces