MHA push for 7 new ITBP battalions is playing into China’s hands. India is wasting assets

It is said that political power is a psychological relationship between those who exercise it and those over whom it is exercised. That said,  creating alternative realities for its citizens may have become the government’s preferred method to manage domestic cognition as China continues its aggression on our northern border. Statements and actions of the head honchos of India’s Statecraft indicate that though they have succeeded in preserving political ascendency in the domestic sphere, they may have conceded psychological dominance to China. If so, does it augur well for India’s ability to perform in growing geopolitical contestations?