A laudable move by Modi
government
A demand is being
made to make public the operation the Indian forces undertook against militant
camps inside Myanmar territory bordering Manipur. The operation, which was a message to all countries inimical to India,
predictably set off a furore in Pakistan. This time, besides a resolution in
the Pakistan Senate, the Prime Minister, the Interior Minister and the Chief of
the Army Staff have all went hammer and tongs at India.
It seems that it
was a robust response to the killing of 20 soldiers in Manipur on June 4 that was
called for. But while guarding the sanctity of India’s borders and the lives of
its soldiers and citizens, the long-term strategy must be to erode the militant
strength.
So far the Modi
government was using excessive PR techniques to create the perception of
welfare. But in this case he was forced to take resort to a covert operation
against the militants. A covert operation means that only a top handful of
Government and Armed Forces personal are in the know on the scope and scale of
the operations.
The paramount
importance must be to safeguard the international boundaries. There is a need
to ensure that there's no room for such incidents anymore. From that angle, the action taken by this government
is apt. There is no question of some ministers saying this and that. Ever since
independence, our country had been a target for terrorists. The continuance of
that act was due to the weak administration we had. It is great to see that now
some had shown the daring to act.
It is time that
the PM enforced some discipline among his cabinet ministers in the matter of
issuing statements. They must have his clearance. As neighbours, India and
Pakistan have to live in peace because the alternative is nuclear annihilation
of the entire South Asian sub continent. Keeping this horrendous possibility in
view, let us not try to raise the hackles of each other.
Pakistan's
response over the operation and its uneasiness betraying overtone is perfectly
normal being a breeding ground for state sponsored terrorism and must not be
taken much seriously if one does possesses a rational mind and has the ability
to take long term view of pattern of vacillation in commitment towards fighting
terrorism.
There are some members
of media who feel that India should
be viewed always through the prism of Pakistan and that we do not have the
right to take pride in our soldiers lawful hunting down of those anti-India
insurgents conducting their covert operations of inflicting mass massacre on
our soldiers skulking from foreign soil. It is highly idiotic to expect to lift
so quickly the veil of secrecy behind the mode of a military surgical operation
conducted across Indian borders with whom India has a treaty for neutralizing
terrorists and insurgents.
The operation
against the terrorists is laudable and it has sent right signal to the
terrorists outfits which were dominating the scene during UPI rule.
That last thing is
India and Pakistan will be friendly neighbors only when true democracy triumphs
in Pakistan.
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