No Gains From Blame Games

The blame game with regard to our relationship with the neighboring country Pakistan continues amidst slightest glimmer of the hope somewhere and wide splinters of hatred all around. The countrymen especially our brethren in Kashmir continue to suffer and face the ordeal while politicians on both sides of the border miss no opportunity to exploit the situation to their own respective political advantage. Only claims and counter claims of exposing the nefarious designs and wills of each other seem to be the sole agenda of today’s breed of politicians. The extremist forces continue to get strengthened; their striking power getting dangerously widened threatening the humanity and peace worldwide.

It is quite evident now that statements made by politicians of reaching the point of ‘No tolerance’, enough is enough attitude, befitting replies to the country breeding terror nurseries, the 56 inch chest have all proved to be hollow claims and countrymen on both sides are completely fed up bearing all such rhetoric claims. Billions of dollars have to be wastefully spent for such man made disastrous situations and even a slight ray of hope is yet to be seen and experienced at the end of this long tunnel of darkness which is lengthening with the passage of time. Still the hopes very silently and subtly brew in the hearts and minds of common masses that are eager to see such hopes getting real shape.

The seeds of hatred and animosity being willfully sown in the minds of countrymen by wrong diplomatic moves of our politicians to gain political edge over rivals would prove to be the greatest threat to our internal security and prosperity. The coming days can witness the dual threat of internal and external insecurity if things are allowed to move the way they are going at present. Instead of blaming Pakistan on the slightest of the pretext our Government should strengthen its own intelligence network, security system, cultural religious and human bondage in such a way and magnitude that internal strength of our secular system flourishes to brew and breed the courage, stamina, zeal and required passion to face and counter these outer challenges.

The recent attacks on our military bases, Kashmiri youth’s revolting attitude against the Government, an alarming tilt of Kashmiri people towards Pakistan whose own economic, political and social system is in shambles certainly go a long way in signaling that all is not well within our own line of thinking and execution. Dirty politics and compulsions seem to be hindering the growth and peace process and initiatives on both sides. The think tank of our country should shed their political hues and compulsions and come out with concrete plans and policies to erase the scars of distrust, hatred and dissatisfaction which have appeared or have been made to appear on the psychological texture of our Kashmiri brethren especially the youth who are prone to falling prey to the filthy machinations of anti national forces.

Trying to expose Pakistan on international platforms and making all out efforts to isolate and marginalize her at the cost of concentration on our internal cultural bondage and mutual trust, inclusive growth would not prove fruitful in the rationally desired manner. Such policies and line of action have proved futile as our past experiences show. Blaming Pakistan on every tiny pretext to conceal and hide our own shortcomings in winning the faith and trust of our own people, in weaving the entire country in strong texture and platform on which secular forces and inclusive growth flourish has strted looking farcical now.

Asking a country to control the extremist forces and stop fuelling infiltrations who has also borne the brunt of terrorism and has grown as a hub of such extremist activities, where elected Governments play like puppets in the hands of such extremist forces would be like asking a person held hostage to be brave and revolt to free himself from the clutches of his abductors.

Bold leadership and decision making is the need of the hour which is far from being seen in Pakistan therefore making efforts and thriving on the sole agenda of tackling Pakistan diplomatically is not going to bring in the desires results in the present scenario. The only option left with us therefore is to strengthen our own system and security network so that these forces across the border are not allowed to move freely. In today’s age of hi tech and most advanced IT tools of surveillance if any successful effort is made to spread terror and destabilize the country the working system of our intelligence agencies is very naturally put under a big question mark which has to be effectively addressed.

Recent visit of our Home Minister to Pakistan for SAARC meeting has although been much publicized by the ruling party and media as daring gesture of the Minister in showing real face to Pakistan and that too on their own soil, can only prove to give them a strong footing before their political rivals within country but no diplomatic advantage seem to have been attained through the entire visit. Such meetings are meant to break ice in the relationship but the happenings in Pakistan and their after effects have worsened the relationship which is already at their lowest ebb.

Let us concentrate on making our economic policies and vision clear to achieve targeted results, let employment and business opportunities flourish to the advantage of Kashmiri people so that economic prosperity returns and people of Kashmir have to no longer thrive on the monetary support and cue from Pakistan. Such genuine efforts would certainly help in bringing back the disillusioned and disenchanted youth of Kashmir to the mainstream of the country and make them contribute to the economic, social and cultural growth of our country.

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DR. SANJEEV TRIKHA

ASSOCIATE  PROF.

M.M.(PG) COLLEGE

FATEHABAD 125050.