India's Chief of Defense Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat has said that if talks with China fail, India has a military option.

According to the report published in the English news paper Hindustan Times published in Delhi from India, Rawat has clearly stated that India has a military option to deal with the encroachment by the Chinese People's Liberation Army in eastern Ladakh, But it will be used only when negotiations and diplomatic options between the armies of the two countries prove fruitless.

General Rawat told the newspaper that "encroachment on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) or border violation occurs due to a different understanding of the area." Defense services are given the responsibility to monitor the LAC and conduct operations to prevent infiltration. The entire approach of the government is adopted to resolve any such activity peacefully and prevent infiltration. But if there is no success in restoring the status quo at the border, the army is always ready for military action.

He said India's Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and all those responsible for national security are reviewing all options with the aim that the Chinese military restore the status quo in Ladakh.

During the 73-day military standoff in Doklam against the Chinese Army in 2017, General Bipin Rawat, who was the Army Chief of India, in a conversation with the newspaper also dismissed the notion that there is a lack of coordination between the major intelligence agencies.

He said that India has a huge front-line along the Indian Ocean region as well as the northern and western borders, all of which need constant monitoring.

According to him, there is regular interaction between all agencies responsible for the collection and collation of information.

He said that the multi-agency center is holding daily meetings in which there are frequent talks about the situation in Ladakh or any other piece of Indian land.

General Rawat refused to share details of any operation in this interview.

Earlier on 11 August, Bipin Rawat had told a parliamentary committee that the Indian Army is ready to counter China for a long time along the Line of Actual Control and deploy in the eastern Ladakh region during winter.

He had said that it may take longer to reduce the tension between the two sides, but we are ready to face every situation and arrangements have been made in Ladakh.

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