Manmohan Dhar
India has made it clear to Pakistan more than reasonable times that Kashmir is an integral part of India and will continue to be the same for all times to come.
In fact what Pakistan needs to be worried about, happens to be the welfare and well-being of its people, instead of spending the limited financial resources on military equipment. But, why Pakistan is still unable to understand the ground reality, is a million dollar question.
World community, of late, has understood the Indian position on Kashmir and that on the Pakistan occupied part of it. But the stubbornness of Pakistan with regard to Kashmir has surprised the whole world.
Threatening military giant like India, Pakistan is hell bent playing with the fire. Why Pakistan Army and its intelligence agency ISI is consistently keeping its people in a misguided and confusing mode is something which talks volumes about its inability to face the Indian army in case it escalates the war against India.
Pakistan knows it very clearly that it cannot afford to enter into a war against India. So threatening India of a nuclear war is no less than living in a fool’s paradise for Pakistan. It looks as if Pakistan has forgotten the fate of its 93,000 soldiers and hundreds of its officers and generals at the hands of Indian Army in Bangladesh liberation war in 1971.
The nuclear capability of India may not be underestimated by countries like Pakistan and China. Pakistan and China need to introspect and reach to a very sensible conclusion that any country which is forced to use its nuclear capabilities can not sit and watch like a mute spectator. It has every right to counter any such misadventure or aggression.
India is a matured country and does not believe in misadventures.
Its nuclear capability is focussed on development and to raise the living standard of its people through advanced scientific research and technology.
India has made it clear to the world community at large that India will never make the “first use” of the nuclear weapons in any circumstance whatsoever. But if some country uses nuclear weapons against it then in that case no country can even stop India in retaliating in the same manner.
Pakistan, instead of curbing the terrorist activities being initiated from its soil, is engaging itself in a rhetoric that implies a war like situation against India. While on the other hand India wants Pakistan to take action against the terrorists and anti national elements operating from its soil, so that a situation could be created which could be conducive for bilateral relations.
Coming to ceasefire violations, Pakistan is unabatedly indulging in provoking Indian troops and at the same time aiming at the innocent civilians.
Casualties occur on both sides but Pakistan is knowingly letting its troops die just to create a feeling among its people that India is the aggressor and if Pakistani troops are dying it is only on account of unprovoked ceasefire violations by India. But, befooling its own people is not going to lead Pakistan anywhere instead it is bound to expose its terrorism oriented military misadventures completely.
Pakistan will have to learn from its mistakes lest it is too late.
Anyways threat posed by the hostile neighbours is quite understandable but what about the enemies within. There are very prominent and influential people holding top positions in their respective political parties, within the country who are hell bent to weaken the growth stability and the progress of the country, through their negative and anti national political stand. In a democratic setup it is very difficult to put brakes on their anti national surge. But, it is very important to bring them to the book so that the nation and the national integrity doesn’t have to face any threat within, at the behest of such anti national elements operating from the Indian soil.
When people from respected and elite political circles feel that they can go to any extent in defaming and even derailing the incumbent government , then in that case it is very difficult to put the blame only on Pakistan and the terrorist organisations operating from its soil.
When it comes to national integrity and national security all political parties need to exercise utmost caution and restraint. Political maturity and patriotic approach to the issues concerning the country’s image in the international political arena should be given preference over vested political interests. Opposition has to be sensitive to the issues concerning the Indian position on Kashmir, and if they can’t help dealing with a strong hand with Pakistan, they should not even create hurdles for the government which is for the first time making Pakistan feel that they can’t fool India and the international community on Kashmir with their rhetoric, fabricated stories and hateful propaganda.
Something very substantial rather drastic needs to be done so that anti national elements whosoever it may be, are taught a befitting
lesson.
Needless to mention that there are people within the country who even doubted the surgical strike against Pakistan. People who ask Pakistan to remove the present government if they want being friends with India. People who can stoop so low that they can defame and call names to the incumbent Prime Minister Narindra Modi. People who on the one hand say with pride that they are Hindus but their own people oppose the construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhiya. People who can have secret meetings with hostile neighbours without taking the government into confidence. People who can rally with anti national forces shouting hateful slogans which can boil any patriot’s blood with anger. People who can meet Chinese envoys amidst tension in Doklam. People who can cross every limit and talk in terms of PoK being the part of Pakistan. All these people who claim to be ‘Proud Indians’ need to introspect and realise what it is being a true Indian.
Democracy is OK. But, once democracy is being misused that too by your own people who don’t want the present government to work for the overall progress and development of the country, and more importantly for the cause of national integrity and India’s stand on Kashmir, you need to act sternly against those if you hold the power to do so.
