Lt Gen Harinder Singh Who's Been Leading LAC Negotiations With China, To Now Head Indian Military Academy

Lieutenant General Harinder Singh, the top Indian Army commander based in Leh who has led the Indian response in the LAC dispute with China in eastern Ladakh, will move out and take charge of the force’s military academy.

The current 14 Corps Commander based in Leh, Lieutenant General Singh, who was engaged in the military negotiations with China over the border dispute, will take charge of the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun as Commandant from October 1.

He is being replaced by Lieutenant General P G K Menon, who is currently posted as Additional Director General of the Complaints Advisory Board (CAB) at Army Headquarters. He is in-charge of the service redressal system and reports directly to Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane.

Lt Gen Menon was also part of the recent Corps Commander-level meet between the Indian and Chinese armies. But Lt Gen Singh had been solely engaged in negotiations with the Chinese in five consecutive Corps Commander-level meetings. He also had been from day one looking after each and every movement of the force at the Line of Actual Control.

It was only during the sixth round of talks on September 21 that Lt Gen Menon joined the negotiation team to discuss a resolution in the five-month-long standoff with China in eastern Ladakh.

Lt Gen Menon has in the past commanded a division responsible for the China border and had a stint in the 14 Corps as Brigadier earlier.

(With inputs from IANS)