By Hamza Jilani
With Narendra Damodardas Modi, a Hindu Nationalist taking
over as the 15th Prime Minister of India, Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) tightened their grip on Indian
Policies. Modi, a controversial figure, domestically and internationally, was
elevated from former Chief Minister of Gujarat to the Chief Executive of India;
a tea seller from Vadnagar Railway Station has come a long way. Modi joined RSS
as a Balswayamsevak (Junior Cadet) when he was eight years old and became the
BJP chosen Chief Minister of Gujarat in 2001.His involvement in anti Muslim
riots of 2002 is still being debated with Martha Nassbaum commenting “ there is
by now a broad consensus that the Gujarat violence was a form of ethnic
cleansing, that in many ways it was premeditated, and that it was carried out
with the complicity of the State Government and Law Enforcement Agencies”. So
much for his past, a google search for top 10 criminals displays his
photographs even today!
Now that Mr Modi is the Indian PM, BJP and RSS Zealots
have a free hand to pursue their anti Pakistan agenda openly. RAW has
been re-energized to unleash its sinister designs against Pakistan, Indian
Ministers threatening use of terrorism as a tool. Ajit Kumar Doval, a self styled
Indian James Bond, has been appointed as the National Security Advisor with the
same agenda. Pakistan China Economic Corridor (PCEC) is the latest Indian
nightmare for reasons best known to them only and they have been crying hoarse.
Naive as they are, forgetting their dirty ploys since the creation of Pakistan,
dismemberment of East Pakistan, saturated presence in Afghanistan, meddling in
FATA and Balochistan with the only frenzied ambition – damage Pakistan.
Indian PM visited Bangladesh recently and openly
confessed Indian involvement in the breakup of East Pakistan; so much for his
statemanship! India – Awami League (AL) partnership is old and time tested. The
visit was ostensibly meant to ratify the long pending India Bangladesh Land
Boundry Agreement (LBA). The other major pending issue, Teesta water sharing,
however, was not discussed. There are plans for Special Economic Zones for
Indian Investors in Bangladesh. India is exporting 500 MW of electricity
through Bangladesh with an estimated potential of 50,000 MW. Settlement of
Maritime Boundry has prospects of joint exploration of oil and gas reserves in
Bay of Bengal. New initiatives likely to be announced include direct bus
services, rail and road
links. Amidst all this
fanfare, irritants like Teesta and Feni Rivers, Farakkha Barrage, terrorist
safehavens in Bangladesh, illegal migration, border fencing, trans – shipment
issues, Asian Highway, sea boundary demarcation, smuggling, treatment of
minorities, trade barriers and imbalances have been left in the doldrums.
Mission RAW, a book by RK Yadav, a former RAW Officer
highlights details of Indian obsession and plans of undoing Pakistan by
creating turmoil in its Eastern Wing just three years after its creation in
September 1968. Besides an account of RAW Commandos in East Pakistan, he states
that “RN Kao, former RAW Chief orchestrated hijacking of an Indian Airliner to
Lahore so that Pakistani Flights over Indian Airspace could be banned”. Yadav
has also given an account of how Sikkim was merged in India. Mr Zainal Abedin,
a senior Bangladeshi Journalist in his book RAW and Bangladesh writes that “as
a former student leader and freedom fighter he crossed over to India in 1971
for military training. He soon realized that he had made a big mistake. He states
that after the fall of Dhaka, he saw large scale loot and plunder by Indian
Troops, their so called liberators. They looted everything from ceiling fans to
military equipment, utensils to water taps. Thousands of Army Vehicles were
used to carry the looted goods to India. History has recorded few such cruel
and heinous plunders. From the Indian conduct it was evident that they treated
Bangladesh as a colony. It is now evident, writes Mr Abedin, that India helped
in the creation of Bangladesh with the aim that it would be a step towards the
reunification of India. Soon after the creation of Bangladesh, India let loose
all forces at her command to cripple the newly born country. The most
significant player of this heinous game of Akhand Bharat is RAW, which is still
eating into the vitals of Bangladesh. Mr Abedin dwells at length on
Arthshastra, a book written by Koutillaya and how the Indian Leadership applies
his principles even today”. With Sikkim gone, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka,
Bangladesh, Myanmar, Maldives and Kashmir are still in their crosshairs.
Pakistan remains a painful thorn in their side for standing up to their
hegemonic designs. Their wish list stretches even further to Afghanistan, Iran
and Central Asian Republics. Too late Mr Abedin, you should have heeded to the
advice of your neighbour who had warned you that “Indians would make us their
slaves again!”
So much for history, the latest from Indian adventures?
attack on “insurgents” in Myanmar. In East Pakistan it was a War of Liberation,
in Manipur it is an insurgency.
Double standards is too
decent a term for such insane behaviour. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, an Indian
Minister had the nerve to call it a warning to Pakistan. India would be
well advised to focus on an estimated 30 liberation movements in Kashmir,
Khalistan, Assam, Arunachal Pardesh, Tripura, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur,
Nagaland, Tamil Nadu and Laddakh with 16 belligerent groups and 68 major
organizations, conveniently termed as terrorists, fighting for their
cause. Hindutva, the Hindu political philosophy seeped in prejudice would
implode India sooner or later. Mr Modi while sticking to the teachings of
Koutillaya must not forget the proverb, people who live in glass houses should
not throw stones. Continuous saber rattling could turn into a conflagration
which would engulf the whole region, so stop this madness Mr Modi.
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