India, March 10 -- With five State elections planned over the next few months by accident or design, India might have hit a strategic sweet spot: Defusing its two-front standoff against China and Pakistan. With a partial and selective disengagement secured on China's terms, India is portraying this as victory in sync with its policy of "resolute response" to force the Chinese withdrawal from heights astride the Pangong Tso, leaving other People's Liberation Army (PLA) intrusions from Depsang to Demchok intact. Last Thursday MEA spokesperson Anurag Shrivastava, sounding abundant caution, said it was India's expectation that China will work with it to complete disengagement in the remaining areas which will lead to de-escalation in East Lad...