Common minimum policy factor
It is said that ‘the Indian foreign policy changes not’ whichever party is in power. All the political parties of India, except CPI (M), pursue the policy of ‘containing Pakistan and China’. And it is exposed also in the election campaign of Norendra Modi, BJP’s prime minister candidate. Neutral observers hold him responsible for the killing of more than 2000 Muslims in Gujrat in 2002 AD.
The BJP has released its election manifesto pledging to abrogate Article 370 giving special status to Jammu and Kashmir, construction of the Ram Temple on the site of the Babri Mosque in Ayodhya and improving economic condition of the people.
The capitalists control the urban economy of India while the rural economy is in the hands of the feudalists. Most of the capitalists have meanwhile rallied round BJP. The Indian economy is 10th in the world with $ 1.824 trillion GDP (nominal), $ 292.33 billion foreign reserves, $299.2 billion external debts, and $ 179.5 billion deficit balance of trade. As per latest survey, 21. 9 percents of population live under ultra poverty line. In contrast, the Chinese economy is the 2nd in the world with $ 9.8253 trillion GDP (nominal), $ 3.44 trillion foreign reserves (highest in the world), $ 697.2 billion external debts and $ .26 trillion surplus balance of trade. As such, it is never possible for India to supercede China as economic power in next 10 years because China has more resources than India possesses.
Norendra Modi is ultra Hindu Nationalist. His foreign policy may expose to high tensions in this part of the world. Many compare him with Adolf Hitler. On one dead of night in 1933, Hitlar’s hired men set Reichstag on fire and blamed the Communist Party, which won more seats in the Reichstag. Hitlar delivered a fiery speech the following day and his party the National Socialist Party (NAZI) captured the state power. The afterward events were bitter, death of over two crore poeple, destructions of cities after cities and villages after villages.
Will the Indians be practical.
Khaled Mahmud
Dhaka
