*National Blunders still haunting our country* *1. Partition of India:* This was the biggest blunder. Gandhi should have not accepted the partition of the country. He failed to sense the over ambition of Nehru to become prime minister and to visualise the after effects of partition on the basis of religion. *The result:* A permanent enemy in the neighbourhood fomenting trouble persistently to India.
*2. Referring Kashmir issue to UN:* In 1948 Kabailis attacked Kashmir. Maharaja Hari Singh requested India to defend and signed instrument of accession of J & K to India. On getting reference UN asked India for ceasefire and Pakistan to call back its forces to Pakistani territory. Before Pakistan back tracked India declared ceasefire despite the strong objection by Patel and defence forces. *The result:* Untimely declaration of ceasefire without understanding the strategic repercussions made Pakistan to permanently occupy the sizable portion of Kashmir, Gilgit, Baltistan and Aksai Chin. Pakistan recently ceded Aksal Chin to China for CPEC. Our sovereignty on Aksai Chin is now gone. A door now has been opened by Pakistan for China to get easy access to POK and Indian border. Pakistan is now fomenting trouble persistently to India through POK. *3. Article 370:* This gives practically full autonomy to J & K except defence, foreign affairs and currency. Their Constitution and National Flag are separate. No Indian can buy property and become citizen of J & K. *The result:* Practically total alienation of Indian citizens in J & k and encouragement of Kashmiris to demand Azadi from India. *4. Article 53:* People of J & K marrying outside the state lose their right of citizenship and property. Even their children are deprived of these rights. *The result:* Complete alienation of J& K people, once they marry outside the state. This article was added much later by the Presidential Ordinance. *5. Accession of Tibet to China:* India was the first country to declare Tibet as the Chinese Territory. This was a most stupid decision and made without understanding its strategic repercussions. *The result:* Now China is your enemy in the neighbourhood. It is making Claim on Arunachal Pradesh, parts of Laddakh and Uttarakhand. We invited problems because of our folly. It has now become a perennial problem. Apart from bitterness on border issues, China is making huge dams on Brahmputra river. This may starve India of water and China may use these dams to create flood havoc in the north eastern states in the event of war conditions. *6. Self proclaimed apostle of peace:* Nehru, a self proclaimed apostle of peace, failed to sense the Chinese psyche behind its mask of peace. Because of this illusion, he made no effort to strengthen the defence forces despite the caution given by the defence forces, defence experts and politicians alike. *The result:* Humiliating defeat in the 1962 war and massacre of large number of Indian soldiers due to unpreparedness. *7. Return of Hajipeer to Pakistan in 1965:* India defeated Pakistan in 1965 war and several Pakistani areas were captured by Indian forces. In Tashkand Declaration Lal Bahadur Shastri returned these captured areas to Pakistan including Hajipeer. This was done without understanding the strategic value. *The result:* The distance between Uri and Poonchh is about 20 Km only. Now after returning Hajipeer, one has to detour a distance of about 200 Km to reach Uri from Poonchh. It is very difficult to understand this type of benevolence. Benevolence! At what cost? *8. Non-implementation of Uniform Civil Code as provided in the Constitution:* During last 70 years, no government did it -One party for appeasing the minorities and the other for lack of majority in the Lok sabha and the Rajya Sabha. This emboldened the clerics of the minorities to constitute their Personal Law Boards who interpreted Holy Quran and Shariat Law as per their convenience to keep the community in their control. This also gave rise to religious fundamentalism. *The result:* The Minority women are forced to live in miserable condition due to inhuman treatment meted out to them in a cleric dominated society. *9. Operation Blue Star:* Initially congress encouraged Bhindrawale to get his help to suppress the Khalistani terrorists. But later when his activities turned cancerous and uncontrollable, she launched Blue Star. This alienated the whole Sikh community and the Khalistani movement got the fillip. *The result:* The Sikh community got alienated and the movement grew more violently. She was assassinated on account of her action like Blue Star. *10. Declaration of Emergency in 1975:* This was the blackest period in the democratic history of the independent India. *The result: *The opposition leaders and social activists were tortured and imprisoned. Democratic institutions were damaged. The most popular leader Jai Prakash Narayan was tortured and imprisoned. Indian democracy got a big jolt. Ultimately when Indra Gandhi lifted the emergency and declared general election, the congress tasted humiliating defeat. *11. 1984 Sikh riots:* After the assassination of Indira Gandhi, her son Rajiv Gandhi was made Prime Minister. Immediately after his swearing in, Sikh riots spread all over the country, more so in the northern India. He failed to stop this massacre and on contrary he said, “jab koi bada ped girata hai to hadasa hota hi hai.” This added fuel to the fire. *The result:* This alienated the Sikh community and gave fillip to khalistani movement. *12. Shahbano case:* Shahbano, a Muslim divorcee, was granted alimony by Hon’ble Supreme Court. To appease the Muslims Rajiv Gandhi passed Ordinance to nullify the Hon’ble Supreme Court historic judgment. *The result:* This emboldened the clerics to further firm up their hold on the community, specially, on the womenfolk for suppressing their right to gender equality. *13. Deployment of Peace keeping Force to Sri Lanka:* For intervention in Sri Lanka for pacifying Tamils, Rajiv Gandhi deployed Indian Peace Keeping Force against the wishes of Tamils.This not only antagonised Tamils in Sri Lanka, but also Tamils in Tamilnadu. *The result:* He was assassinated by a Tamil girl disguised as human bomb. *14. Mandal Commission:* Mandal Commission Report was submitted during Indira Gandhi’s time, but she did not implement it because the issue was very sensitive. Rajiv Gandh too did not implement it. Vishwanath Pratap Singh implemented it to save his dwindling support in the coalition government and in the masses. This was done for vested interest only. In 1990, there was big upsurge of the upper caste and they protested violently. Many innocent boys publicly immolated their bodies and many lives were lost. *The result:* The implementation of the report divided the society. Politicians like Mulayam Singh Yadav, Mayavati and many politicians in other states took undue advantage of the report. Till day the country is facing this problem. Demand of Gurjar Arakshann, Yadav Arakshan, Maratha Arakshan¸Jat Arakshan, Muslim Arakshan etc. has become an annual feature. There seems to be no end to it. *15. Release of terrorist Masood Azhar:* During Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s tenure Air India plane was hijacked by Pakistani terrorists to Nepal and all the passengers boarding the plane were made hostage. The terrorists insisted for the release of terrorist Masood Azhar. They forced the pilot to fly the plane back to Delhi for his release. The Vajpayee government yielded to their demand and the then foreign Minister Jaswant Singh accompanied the terrorists to Kandhar for freeing Masood Azhar. The then government did not exhibit the will to curb terrorism in its all forms. *The result:* This gave a wide message to the world community that India is a soft state and we do not have zero tolerance towards terrorism. *These are my personal views and I do not belong to any political party.* *Regards* *K.Raman* __._,_.._,___ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
