Dear Editor,
China’s “technical hold” is bound to give a major fillip to Masood Azhar to plan and execute further attacks on India. The provision of unanimity has been misused by China overriding the irrefutable evidence that India has on Masood Azhar’s involvement. Also, China’s stance is an indication of its doublespeak on terror vis-à-vis the East Turkestan Independence Movement and the LeT-JeM-UJC trinity. With India-China relations on the security front being cautiously fragile at best, India’s takeaways from the Chinese veto should be that China will continually use the “technical hold” to ensure that the victims of Pakistan-sponsored terror will never get justice. But we must persevere – the government must not only engage with Beijing and Islamabad but also strengthen its security and intelligence apparatus to ensure that we are covered.
Ramni Singh
Chenani
