India has called off today the foreign
secretary-level bilateral dialogue with Pakistan which was slated to be held on
25th August’2014, in a tough reaction to Islamabad’s decision to hold
talks with Kashmiri separatist Hurriyat leaders which New Delhi described as an
“unacceptable” interference in India’s internal affairs. This was after India firmly
and unambiguous told Pakistan earlier that it has to choose between "India
or Separatists" for talks and the decision as well as consequence was left
to them.
This heralds the birth of a new
Foreign Policy in India. This is a sharp departure from India’s past practice
of either ignoring meetings between Pakistani officials and Hurriyat Conference
leaders or issuing perfunctory objections. India has been tolerating Pakistan
and its evil design for far too long with patience and magnanimity, which has
been attacking and humiliating us at every opportunity. This approach has
obviously not worked and our “generosity” has been mistaken as our “weakness”. For
a long time, due to incessant appeasement policies of Indian Govt. under
Congress rule, Pakistan was taking Indian Govt. and diplomacy for a ride and
for granted. It became a ritual for Pakistan to humiliate India every time
there was a move by Indian Govt for peace talks or any confidence building
measures. Therefore, we only remember, Sharm-Al-Sheikh where then PM Manmohan Singh
issued a joint statement in July’2009, merely 8 months after the 26/11 attack
or Indian External Affairs Minister
Salman Khurshid taking Pakistani PM Parvez
Ashraf for lunch with Biryani, right after Pakistan beheaded our soldiers.
Pakistan should now realize that this is a different India under Narendra Modi,
a Prime Minister, who is capable of answering
them in equal measures and have closed all the “Aman Ki Asha” shops run by our “Peace
Brigade” of corrupt and anti-national politicians, media and intellectuals. Pakistan needs to realize that there is a
severe price to be paid for the dangerous game it has been playing with us. This
Indian Govt under Modi believes in giving befitting reply to Pakistan for all
its misadventures. Also, this Indian
govt. doesn’t believe that if we pamper Pakistan with our acts of kindness,
which we have been doing for last 68 years and indulge in our “Aman Ki Asha”
projects, they will suddenly have this monumental change of heart and become
our best friend & neighbour. A
policy of zero tolerance on border, terror and Kashmir should be followed.
The “Aman Ki Asha” brigade in India
will now shout and scream that by this action Modi Govt has weakened the hands
of democratically elected Nawaz Sharif Govt of
Pakistan and strengthened the hands of Pak army/ISI and the terrorists. But
Modi Govt knows very well that the real defence and foreign policy of Pakistan including
the final strategy and authority is a hostage of Pak army & ISI and the diplomatic missions
in India are nothing but ISI branches. However, India can’t be apologetic for
their choices. If their army or ISI does not allow Nawaz Sharif to function in
their true national interest, it is frankly their problem. We have been holding
talks with Pakistan for so many years, but still there is no result and our
citizens are getting killed by acts of Pakistan. Why? It shows that the leaders,
whom we are talking to in Pakistan are either not serious in improving
relations with India or are not capable or influential enough to convince the
state of Pakistan to stop acts of terrorism. What is then the use of having
talks with such powerless leaders who are not the real masters so far as Indo-Pak
relations are concerned? Therefore, peace talk with Pakistan will go on without
any result. So India was wasting it’s time
and resources and rather agree to peace talks only when all the three parties –
Army/ISI, political leadership and terrorists - come together. Also, India
should refuse talks with Pakistan on any issue, unless Pakistan declares and
proves on the ground that it would stop terrorism as a state policy and stop
using terrorists as strategic asset. So
far India was humiliated and it’s citizens suffered untold miseries due to leadership paralysis and lacunae in
decision making in our Govt. But this
Govt. has very strong and decisive leadership and it values the dignity,
security and integrity of this nation above all. Pakistan must realize the ramifications of
crossing the line.
India needs to stop all the peace
charades, confidence building measures, cultural, sporting, economic ties and
stop deluding ourselves that we are not at war with Pakistan (which we are for
the last 68 years). We must stop linking our actions against Pakistan to the
sensitivities of Kashmiri separatists and their supporters and sympathisers in
the rest of India. Anybody who is sympathetic to Pakistan or its actions can’t
be a true Indian. We must also stop denying one of the fundamental truths of
our relationship with Pakistan – the problem we are facing today is more a
creation of our “inactions” of last 68 years, than the “actions” of Pakistan.
Long-term actions are the need of the hour, without becoming hostage to “Vote
Bank Politics” or “Aman Ki Asha”. It is a misconception that a “strong & stable”
Pakistan is in our interest. This artificially created state out of our own
body with full of hatred for us and with an antithetical self-definition, has caused
untold miseries for India as well as rest of the world. Such a state can never
ever be either friendly or beneficial for India. Our long term objective and interest is in the
negation of this state for our own benefit and the benefit of a peaceful and
civilized world order.
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