India's Vice Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General C P Mohanty,  has said that if India hadn't invested in its armed forces, then the country would have lost the battles against encroaching Chinese troops in Galwan and Doklam in the Ladakh region.

"Had the country not invested in security, we would have lost probably the war in Kargil, Doklam. Even internal security in Jammu and Kashmir would have been in turmoil. Our northeast region would have been in turmoil and Naxals would have had a field day," Lt Gen Mohanty said at an event Sunday. 

He said the incidents in Doklam and Galwan has not only enhanced the prestige of the nation but has given the country a ''big stature'' in the international arena, ANI news agency said. 

He said, "Today everybody talks about India as the net security provider and it is a security umbrella against a big nation."

He said that the Indian armed forces were a symbol of national integration as they rise above ethnicity, caste and creed. He highlighted that Indian armed forces do not have any political aspirations and respect the politics in the country.

"There have been other examples where the military leaders had political aspirations. The Indian Armed Forces have no such aspirations, we respect the politics here," he stressed.