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| India-Pakistan |
| DonÂ’t blame Pakistan, look within |
| 2006-07-24 |
| Am I the only one disturbed by a minister in Mulayam Singh Yadav’s government asking for a Muslim Pradesh in western Uttar Pradesh? Is there nobody in Dr Manmohan Singh’s Cabinet who thinks this a worrying development? It seems that way. Two days after The Times of India reported Azam Khan’s demand, Dr Manmohan Singh and his Cabinet met and discussed the following subjects. The Sixth Pay Commission, cultural cooperation with Ireland, ties with Fiji, the protection of tigers and amendments to the Right to Information Act. Not one word about the dangerously divisive demand by one of Mulayam’s senior colleagues. Do we have a government in Delhi or not? Do we have a Prime Minister? As someone who was in Mumbai on the day the bombs went off and has been here ever since, I ask these questions not just on my own behalf but on behalf of the people I meet every day in this city. Like them I am beginning to worry about whether Dr Manmohan Singh’s government is capable of defending us against the ‘‘jehad’’ that is being waged against us so successfully that if it continues unchecked, it could cause a civil war and worse. Nearly 200 people were killed in the carnage on Mumbai’s trains and the only response we have seen from the Government of India is a ludicrous attempt to censor the Internet and vague allegations against Pakistan. For a start this has to stop. Next time an Indian government wants to blame Pakistan for terrorism it should do so when it can provide us with evidence. Or we end up helping Pakistan instead of nailing it and, more importantly, we mislead Indians into believing that the problem we face is entirely the creation of a ubiquitous ‘‘foreign hand’’. |
| Posted by:john |
| #1 why it is so easy to get hundreds of thousands of Muslims on to the streets against cartoons they have never seen and an American president, and so hard to get them out when 200 citizens of their city are killed for nothing. And when you answer that question, the "war on terror" can begin to be fought... |
| Posted by: john 2006-07-24 08:11 |