1962 Martyrs Memorial dedicated the troops who died defending
Nathu La against the Chinese during the 1962 war and later skirmishes
After the Congress, now it’s the turn of the BJP, the supposed patriotic nationalist Hindu party, to cow down and bend before the Chinese. What is the need and compulsion to make a trip to China at a time when China has escalated border tensions and military incursions in J&K and assertively laying claim to Arunachal Pradesh by issuing stapled visas? The Congress has been soft and rewarding China with more trade in spite of the latter trying to block a $2.9 billion Asian Development Bank aid for Arunachal Pradesh by staking claim of that territory. The Indian Army has recorded 270 border violations and nearly 2,300 instances of 'aggressive border patrolling' by Chinese soldiers last year. China still occupies 38,000 square kilometers of Indian territory in Ladakh and another 5,000 square kilometers, ceded to it by Pakistan in Kashmir. The Chinese friendship and the encouragement to our rabid neighbor is not hidden.
How can BJP a nationalist party be so complacent to take the Chinese threat lightly and be naïve enough to lead a delegation to impress upon the Chinese Communist party leaders against covertly supporting Pakistan?
Those who remember 1962 and know China would doubt their intentions and exercise caution. If not, then how is BJP different from the Congress?
While it is important to keep the diplomatic channels open, we certainly hope that The BJP are not in any illusion about the Chinese intentions towards India. We also hope that Bhai Nitin Gadkari, who is prone to speak his mind, does not open up as much as he does at home. The Chinese are experts at mind games and can do damage the BJP using the state run media especially because they know that the BJP is more likely to adopt an assertive posture against them.
Gadkari to lead first-ever BJP delegation to China
The BJP leader said since terrorism has become a global phenomenon, the delegation would discuss the need to combat terror with unity and would like to impress upon the Communist party leadership of the imperative, and isolating those nations, which covertly support terror.
Read the complete article at:http://www.rediff.com/news/report/gadkari-to-lead-first-ever-bjp-delegation-to-china/20110117.htm
After the Congress, now it’s the turn of the BJP, the supposed patriotic nationalist Hindu party, to cow down and bend before the Chinese. What is the need and compulsion to make a trip to China at a time when China has escalated border tensions and military incursions in J&K and assertively laying claim to Arunachal Pradesh by issuing stapled visas? The Congress has been soft and rewarding China with more trade in spite of the latter trying to block a $2.9 billion Asian Development Bank aid for Arunachal Pradesh by staking claim of that territory. The Indian Army has recorded 270 border violations and nearly 2,300 instances of 'aggressive border patrolling' by Chinese soldiers last year. China still occupies 38,000 square kilometers of Indian territory in Ladakh and another 5,000 square kilometers, ceded to it by Pakistan in Kashmir. The Chinese friendship and the encouragement to our rabid neighbor is not hidden.
How can BJP a nationalist party be so complacent to take the Chinese threat lightly and be naïve enough to lead a delegation to impress upon the Chinese Communist party leaders against covertly supporting Pakistan?
Those who remember 1962 and know China would doubt their intentions and exercise caution. If not, then how is BJP different from the Congress?
While it is important to keep the diplomatic channels open, we certainly hope that The BJP are not in any illusion about the Chinese intentions towards India. We also hope that Bhai Nitin Gadkari, who is prone to speak his mind, does not open up as much as he does at home. The Chinese are experts at mind games and can do damage the BJP using the state run media especially because they know that the BJP is more likely to adopt an assertive posture against them.
Gadkari to lead first-ever BJP delegation to China
The BJP leader said since terrorism has become a global phenomenon, the delegation would discuss the need to combat terror with unity and would like to impress upon the Communist party leadership of the imperative, and isolating those nations, which covertly support terror.
Read the complete article at:http://www.rediff.com/news/report/gadkari-to-lead-first-ever-bjp-delegation-to-china/20110117.htm
I think the comments on BJP visit may be premature. All said and done, BJP even in apparent decline is unlikely to fool itself about China. It is not as if BJP has suddenly started singing paeans of praise of China. There are many leaders and it is unlikely that BJP will led up the garden path like Nehru was.
ReplyDeleteIt is a result of things that go on behind the scenes. I would not judge BJP purely because it is going to China for the stated purpose. I would wait and watch their attitude over a few months or years before deciding that BJP is indeed losing it's nationalist instinct. I think that is highly unlikely though.