In the past few weeks, there has been a rapid build-up of Chinese and Indian military forces along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh. References have been made to differing perceptions of the alignment of the LAC, which is central to the current crisis.

What makes the Pangong Tso incident so serious? Is the timing and motivation behind the build-up of troops and infrastructure by the Chinese strategic in nature? Is this a reaction to Chinese concerns about the infrastructure push in the region in the last few years? Can the situation be compared to Kargil? Are there concerns that China could use Pakistan to put pressure on India in this situation and what would that dynamic be like? What could be the off-ramps from this standoff and what are the Indian imperatives going forward?

Angad Singh, Project Coordinator at ORF’s Strategic Studies Programme and Deependra Singh Hooda, Former General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Indian army’s Northern Command along with Suhasini Haidar, Diplomatic Affairs Editor at The Hindu, discuss the India-China tension on the line of control, what India should expect from the situation and the possible off-ramps from the affair.

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