India's fallacious mantra

India’s sabotage tactics and anti-Pakistan rhetoric threaten regional peace.

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India apparently is thinking loud and is on a sabotage spree. Without any remorse to the tactics it has employed in diplomacy, such as opting for extra-territorial killings, Delhi believes that the world will believe in its story of being on the receiving end. It is no secret that Indian leaders had been spewing hate from the pulpit, and an anti-Pakistan agenda now forms the cornerstone of ruling BJP's political doctrine. Hindutva and subsequent marginalisation of minorities inside India are cases in point. Of late, the remarks from the Indian Defence Minister and the Army Chief that "Pakistan is home to terrorism…," are not only a figment of imagination but also a concocted narrative to hoodwink world public opinion that is out to scrutinise and prosecute it for its trigger-happiness.

It is recent history that India has been caught off guard while meddling in Canada and the US. Ottawa and Washington have come up with dossiers and, likewise, The Economist and The Guardian have documented the timeline of killings inside Pakistan by India through its sleeper cells. Moreover, a RAW sleuth arrested in Balochistan, Kulbhushan Yadav, for allegedly spying and fomenting terrorism is in Pakistan's custody, and the ICJ sits in judgment on it. Last but not least, the Indian PM and his comrades in cabinet are on record having threatened Pakistan of dire consequences, if it went ahead by raising the Occupied Kashmir issue at the international stage. Thus, India pointing a finger at Pakistan is tantamount to a joke, and a mockery of ground realities.

Pakistan, on the other hand, has been an ardent aspirant for seeking a thaw with India. Time and again it had sent the right vibes for putting the fractured relationship on the track, and connecting the dots in sports, culture, climate change and geo-economics. But Islamabad had always been snubbed and Delhi's refusal to send their Men in Blue to play cricket inside Pakistan confirms the bad blood beyond any doubt. India would be better advised to opt for a strategy of decoupling, and work sincerely for a regime of peace in the region and beyond.