Indian polls 2014
All eyes are on the Indian general election (April 7-May 12), as BJP’s prime minister candidate Norendra Modi has vowed of wiping out the Muslim insurgents ( according to his definition) and making India equal to China, as both militarily and economically. Modi, who has been holding the post of the chief minister of the Indian State of Gujrat for over a decade, has been accused of engineering the killings of more than 2,000 Muslims in his region in 2002. In the face of severe criticism, Modi has tried to camouflage the accusation with the economic development done in Gujrat during his tenure as the chief minister.
However, if BJP returns to power after ten years, it will clearly help the Pakistan government and the opposition reach consensus over the national security issues; the Talibans, who are still considered a threat to the integrity of Pakistan, will stop their anti-government campaign, while the Sipahi Sahaba and the Laskar-e- Taiyyuba, the two anti-Shiite Muslim armed groups, will also review their present role for the sake of the greater interests.
On the other hand, it will be never be possible for Norendra Modi to make India equal to China. The leaders of the Chinese Communist Party are recently introducing their great leader Mao-Tse-Tung as nationalist, transpiring the Chinese military ambition beyond the boundary in case of necessary. It will be a foolish act if India ventures to engage in war with China.
And if India under Modi takes a new foreign policy towards the smaller countries like Myanmar and Sri Lanka, there will be emergence of the ultra-nationalist forces in the neighbouring countries including Pakistan. The BJP must know it. Will it?
Abdullah Akber
Dhaka
