Escalation at Pak India
borders: Using warmongering as election tactics is a bad thing
The
elections in India in 2014 include the Indian
general election of 2014 and seven state
legislative assembly elections. Seven States are Andhra
pardesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra, Odisha and Sikkim.
Results of Maharashtra and Haryana are due in next two days and the most
important election of Jummu & Kashmir is due in December. So it is a smart
move to use anti Pakistan rhetoric to influence elections. BJP is smart enough
in playing with perceptions and this move is also an addition so it will extend
such escalations till December 2014. It is quiet opposite from Pakistan where
not a single major party used Anti India rhetoric in May 2013 elections. BJP
may fix her rivals in local politics but it strengthens Anti India rhetoric in
the region too. Due to this move now all major parties in Pakistan are not
ready to talk on Chinab formula like middle paths. Space for Peace and negotiations
is shirking day by day. Is it a service for India? It is high time for South Asian
politicians to have a bottom line regarding peace and dialogue in the
region. If they do not have a bottom
line then they have to face people like Shiv Sena
chief Uddhav Thackeray for sure. In
an editorial in the Shiv Sena mouthpiece 'Saamna', Thackeray alleged
that Modi replicated Shiv Sena's style to win elections. If it were not the
case, even Modi's father, Damodardas, could not have won majority in Lok Sabha
elections. There is no limit of stupidity in religion based narrow
nationalism. Pakistan's National Security Adviser Sartaj Aziz has claimed that the current
border tension between New Delhi and Islamabad was part of a bigger conspiracy
by the Indian Government to blame Pakistan as well as exploit the border issue
to attract voters in the state elections. These are alarming moments and
in this tit for tat situation there is no room for peace at all.
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