Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Hindu Friendly Is National Security Friendly

All,
It is a short write-up and doesn't require much time to read.
Those who cobble together a majority after the latest polls, should at least keep some Hindu interests in mind. To be a Hindu is not a crime. If we ask for or expect some Hindu friendly initiatives, we won't be asking for the moon. Since Hindus constitute a major part of the country, such measures will also be in favor of the country, without the risk of being branded communal.

For decades now, demands for abrogation of Article 370 and creation of a Uniform Civil Code have been described outlandish by the secular brigade, despite the latter being mentioned in the Directive Principles of State Policy in the Indian Constitution.

No problem, put it on the backburner, let us not waste time debating on this at the moment, because Hindu-unfriendly Hindus will put spanners in our works. But there are also other issues, which are Hindu friendly and equally important for national security as well. We can give them a try.

For example, infiltration of Bangladeshis along the porus eastern border. I want to ask, will there not be even half-a-dozen serious members among the ruling benches in the next Lok Sabha, who can adopt the attitude of an Otto Von Bismarck and ensure through administrative and politicial acumen that this menace is addressed, nipped in the bud before it becomes another communal tinderbox? Hindu friendly means National Security friendly.

Another example is the displacement of Hindus from Kashmir Valley. Those who created trouble in Kashmir Valley are facing the music in Swat Valley - but that is another story for another day - as of now, time is ripe to rehabilitate Hindus, the hundreds of thousands of them, who became internally displaced persons in their home land. Excuses, such as, "hindus aren't keen to return to Kashmir", won't work. I want to ask, will there not be even half-a-dozen serious members among the ruling benches in the next Lok Sabha, who make it their parliamentary term's mission to resettle by some way or the other at least a small number of 15,000 Hindus back in Kashmir. Let at least a small beginning be made somewhere.

Can there be even not one small group of members in the next Lok Sabha, who can come forward to say, they will extend support to the next government only if there is a time-table to do two things, one each for North-west India and East India. One - reverse the exodus of Hindus from Kashmir, resettle them. Two - set the ball rolling to brutally suppress all infiltration from Bangladesh.

If you have any doubts, about the feasibility of these things getting accomplished, read how Bismarck went ahead, using a range of tactics for the unification of Germany. Realpolitik can accomplish anything, creation of Bangladesh and silently going ahead with the 1998 nuclear blasts in Pokhran are two examples. There are many more, but this was supposed to be a short write-up.

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