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A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
Toning down the temperature is good for India. If Pakistan is being forced to live up to its bargain of bringing Taliban for a ceasefire, then that is also good because it keeps the current govt in Afghanistan as a stakeholder. Not every conversation about Kashmir is a problem for us. We need to pick and choose what conversations we like and what we don’t. China’s overt calls on Kashmir, particularly as they themselves have changed the status quo, are a problem and they must be made to pay a price for it. Removing Huawei as a supplier of equipment could be one such measure. Preventing Chinese mobile manufacturers from the Indian markets could be another response. India has to use the full gamut of its diplomatic, economic and military power.
Totally agree. Neither trample nor be trampled upon. The timing is perfect. There is no need to be touchy about foreign media outbursts. But there is a need to draw a sand in the line vis-a-vis Pakistan, whether it be the US or the UK. With China, only cunning diplomacy and ambush offensive will work (just what they do at present with us).
With China differences should not become disputes …
Let’s hear your logic for your assessment.
The complete cessation of a bilateral dialogue – I think it started over the issue of the Pakistani envoy meeting Hurriyat leaders – has created a vacuum. A very dangerous vacuum, as Pulwama / Balakot showed. The diplomatic stance now oscillates, No dispute, Kashmir is an internal matter, the only issue that might warrant discussion is reclamation of PoK. When NFU is placed on the table, rather on Twitter, it is time for the world to take notice. 2. At the moment, the US needs Pakistani help and facilitation on Afghanistan. A major flare up to the east would be most unhelpful. Even absent that, Kashmir has returned to the UNSC. Time to give wisdom, sagacity, diplomacy a chance.
Ashok,
Your logic has reached it’s expiry date. If diplomacy were helpful the problem wouldn’t have lingered on for 70 years.
You conveniently forget that we have fought 4 overt wars, and decades of proxy war losing countless soldiers and civilians.
Your love for Pakistan and peace peace games will only perpetuate this cycle of death.
No, Shri Ashok Lal is right! The US has now flagged detentions by the Delhi government in Kashmir. A US State Dept. senior official, who did not want to be named., has told a group of journalists in Washington DC that, “The US believes that the abrogation of Article 370 by India is an internal matter for the country but has external ramifications”.
“We recognize that it’s an internal matter, but it obviously has implications outside of India’s borders. And so we have long called for direct conversations between India and Pakistan to resolve what have been the decades of tensions generated by that issue, “ the official said.
“And so I think when you look at our approach to Kashmir we focused in the near term on the human rights situation, encouraging India to move quickly to release detainees to restore basic freedoms, to implement what the Prime Minister laid out in his own address of a return to political normalcy for Jammu and Kashmir, whether first as a Union Territory but then as a State and the restoration of political dialogue. So we look to the India government to undertake those steps,” the official said.
So, not only the US expects India to talk with Pakistan, and resolve the matter, but also expects India to restore the statehood to J&K.
So, not only the US expects India to talk with Pakistan, and resolve the matter, but also expects India to restore the statehood to J&K.
All parties realize that there is no chance of that happening.
Toning down the temperature is good for India. If Pakistan is being forced to live up to its bargain of bringing Taliban for a ceasefire, then that is also good because it keeps the current govt in Afghanistan as a stakeholder. Not every conversation about Kashmir is a problem for us. We need to pick and choose what conversations we like and what we don’t. China’s overt calls on Kashmir, particularly as they themselves have changed the status quo, are a problem and they must be made to pay a price for it. Removing Huawei as a supplier of equipment could be one such measure. Preventing Chinese mobile manufacturers from the Indian markets could be another response. India has to use the full gamut of its diplomatic, economic and military power.
Totally agree. Neither trample nor be trampled upon. The timing is perfect. There is no need to be touchy about foreign media outbursts. But there is a need to draw a sand in the line vis-a-vis Pakistan, whether it be the US or the UK. With China, only cunning diplomacy and ambush offensive will work (just what they do at present with us).
With China differences should not become disputes …
Let’s hear your logic for your assessment.
The complete cessation of a bilateral dialogue – I think it started over the issue of the Pakistani envoy meeting Hurriyat leaders – has created a vacuum. A very dangerous vacuum, as Pulwama / Balakot showed. The diplomatic stance now oscillates, No dispute, Kashmir is an internal matter, the only issue that might warrant discussion is reclamation of PoK. When NFU is placed on the table, rather on Twitter, it is time for the world to take notice. 2. At the moment, the US needs Pakistani help and facilitation on Afghanistan. A major flare up to the east would be most unhelpful. Even absent that, Kashmir has returned to the UNSC. Time to give wisdom, sagacity, diplomacy a chance.
Ashok,
Your logic has reached it’s expiry date. If diplomacy were helpful the problem wouldn’t have lingered on for 70 years.
You conveniently forget that we have fought 4 overt wars, and decades of proxy war losing countless soldiers and civilians.
Your love for Pakistan and peace peace games will only perpetuate this cycle of death.
No, Shri Ashok Lal is right! The US has now flagged detentions by the Delhi government in Kashmir. A US State Dept. senior official, who did not want to be named., has told a group of journalists in Washington DC that, “The US believes that the abrogation of Article 370 by India is an internal matter for the country but has external ramifications”.
“We recognize that it’s an internal matter, but it obviously has implications outside of India’s borders. And so we have long called for direct conversations between India and Pakistan to resolve what have been the decades of tensions generated by that issue, “ the official said.
“And so I think when you look at our approach to Kashmir we focused in the near term on the human rights situation, encouraging India to move quickly to release detainees to restore basic freedoms, to implement what the Prime Minister laid out in his own address of a return to political normalcy for Jammu and Kashmir, whether first as a Union Territory but then as a State and the restoration of political dialogue. So we look to the India government to undertake those steps,” the official said.
So, not only the US expects India to talk with Pakistan, and resolve the matter, but also expects India to restore the statehood to J&K.
So, not only the US expects India to talk with Pakistan, and resolve the matter, but also expects India to restore the statehood to J&K.
All parties realize that there is no chance of that happening.