BJP’s last ditch maneuvers
S M HALI
BJP is desperate to woo Hindu voters to its
cause of attaining victory in the forthcoming Indian elections. Since it has
little to show in the realm of development during its last tenure of government
(1998-2004) and was rejected by the voters, this time around, it is appealing
to the Hindu voters’ sense of patriotism by whipping up anti-Pakistan and
anti-Muslim sentiments through false flag operations.
Extremist
Hindus have even recruited fanatics in the Indian military to support their
anti-Pakistan/anti-Muslim machinations, some of which was discussed in this
scribe’s previous op-ed titled ‘VK Singh’s covert operations’.
Desperate
attempts were made to bring international censure on Pakistan at the 68th
session of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). A series of well planned and
odiously orchestrated assaults were launched to create the desired effects.
Twin terrorist attacks in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) targeting a Police
Station and a Military Camp, killing a Lieutenant Colonel and fourteen others
including Police and Army officers was achieved by the perpetrators of the
atrocious act by disguising themselves as Indian Army officials to gain entry
into Heera Nagar Police Station in Samba and later hijacking a truck to attack
the Base Camp of a Cavalry Regiment. To pinpoint the blame on Pakistan, the so
called Shuhada (Martyrs') Brigade was made to claim responsibility for the
attacks in a phone call to a local English Daily, The Kashmir Monitor. On cue,
Indian media burst into the oft repeated slogans of Pakistan bashing. The
assailants had learnt their lessons well. In a previous attack on August 5,
2013 they had disguised themselves in Pakistan Army uniforms; to which
International analysts had opined that if Pakistan Army was responsible, it
would have dressed up in Indian Army uniforms to hide its identity.
Pakistan
condemned the terrorist attacks but vehemently refuted the allegation of having
sponsored the assault. On the other hand, Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan
Singh issued a mature and prudent statement that such attacks would not deter
India from pursuing peace through dialogue and the assaults will not be allowed
to derail efforts to find solutions of all problems through peaceful talks. He
also upheld his commitment of holding talks with his Pakistani counterpart on
the sidelines of UNGA in New York. Unfortunately BJP and extremist elements of
Indian media continued to blatantly blame Pakistan for the attacks and harp on
their incessant demand of Manmohan Singh to call off talks with Mian Nawaz
Sharif.
Despite
the BJP’s last ditch maneuver to convince PM Manmohan Singh to refrain from
holding talks with his counterpart, Manmohan Singh, who had received the news
of the brazen attacks in Frankfurt, enroute to UNGA and having an inkling of
the identity of the real perpetrators of the crime, condemned the attack but
refused to name Pakistan being responsible for them.
Earlier,
the BJP had used its other Hindutva counterparts of the Sangh Parivar like RSS,
Shiv Sena, Bajrang Dal, Vishwa Hindu Parishad and like minded cliques of Indian
Armed Forces to escalate border tension along LoC in IOK, in an attempt to
sabotage the prospects of a meeting between the two Prime Ministers.
Due to
the pressure exerted by BJP and its co-conspirators, Manmohan Singh initially
delayed his commitment of meeting with Nawaz Sharif on the side lines of UNGA
and BJP was hopeful that the Indian Premier will succumb to its demands, but he
ultimately preferred to follow the righteous path and met his Pakistani
counterpart in a meaningful dialogue. This forced the hand of BJP. In its
frustration, it orchestrated terrorist attacks against Indian troops again,
pinning the blame for the attacks on Pakistan. Meanwhile it portrayed Dr. Manmohan
Singh as weak, presenting Narendra Singh Modi, BJP’s hardliner candidate for
the Prime Minister’s slot as one who would “sort out Pakistan and Muslims”, if
elected to power.
Pakistan’s
High Commission in India gave timely rebuttal to Indian media and BJP’s
allegations stating that Pakistan was not involved in these attacks and that it
was itself the victim of terrorism. The recent attack in Swat, claiming the
lives of senior Army Officers and the heinous assault on Peshawar Church is
ample evidence of it.
Claiming
responsibility by Shuhada Brigade of India reveals that the attacks were
foisted inside India and that Indian internal factor is responsible for such
mayhem. Shifting blame on Pakistan in BJP style is nothing but reflection of
Hindu mindset driven by hate emotions but speaks volumes for its desperation to
come to power by any means.
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The
writer is a former group captain of PAF, who also served as air and naval
attaché at Riyadh. Currently, he is a columnist, analyst and host of programme
Defence and Diplomacy on PTV.
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