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| Occasionally Farooq Abdullah drops pearls of wisdom | | | Occasionally but definitely President
of National Conference, Dr Farooq
Abdullah, talks sense. Though on occasions his statements border on ridicule but for the most of the time he drops pearls of wisdom which baffle even his staunch critics. At times he displays, as a political leader, impartiality but on occasions he is a symbol of partiality which he manifests while talking about several political parties or about a particular party that is in power. And if he has stated, the other day, that as long as terrorism is alive chances for cordial ties between India and Pakistan seem to be bleak and so are the prospects for peace in the south Asian region, even if the Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan promote friendly personal relations, he is right in his assessment. Farooq Abdullah has said personal friendship between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif would not help India unless terrorism was stopped. He has said, "As long as there is a menace of terrorism in this region, personal equations between the two Prime Ministers will not bring about any positive change.""Terrorism is affecting not only relations between India and Pakistan, but the socio-economic growth of residents of both countries," he has observed.
Farooq Abdullah, who has headed the Government in Jammu and Kashmir on three occasions, including the time when militancy was at its peak, believes, that too rightly, that stopping terrorism is a pre-requisite for better relations with Pakistan. Poor people of Jammu and Kashmir state continue to die and the tourism industry continues to be affected badly owing to terrorism. Friendship between Modi and Sharif may not have any positive impact on the security scenario of Jammu and Kashmir state which being part of India could prove detrimental to the interests of the entire country. If terrorism is not stopped. During the last over one year Modi and Nawaz Sharif have had series meetings where the body language of the two prime ministers indicated that they are sincere in promoting peace. If they display such sentiments has peace returned to Jammu and Kashmir and to the entire region? No it has not which vindicates the statement and the observation of Farooq Abdullah. Peace is a two-way traffic and if India is keen to promote peace in the region by cultivating political leadership in Islamabad it may not have any positive impact on the security scenario so long Islamabad and its agencies continue to use the soil of Pakistan for exporting terror to India.
This one part of the story. The other part being that unless the heads of the two nations agree to promote peace and cordial ties between New Delhi and Islamabad one cannot expect peace to get birth between the two countries. But there is one disadvantage for Nawaz Sharif. He is head of the executive, head of the civilian Government and head of the ruling party but he does not seem to hold sway over the Armed forces. In the past the Army sabotaged his move for befriending India by enacting conflict on Kargil heights. In fact in Pakistan it is the Army's tune on which any head of a civilian Government in Islamabad has to dance. Since 1980's the Army and the ISI, later aided by the extremists in Pakistan, exported terror first to Punjab and then to Jammu and Kashmir state. The situation in Punjab has been controlled years ago but the situation in Jammu and Kashmir continues to remain instable since 1989. Though the level of militancy related violence and infiltration of militants have shown marked improvement during the last 10 years the menace of terror is yet not over. Hence Farooq is right in saying that personal friendship between Nawaz Sharif and Modi may not lead to peace in the region and promote friendly ties between India and Pakistan. And as such Nawaz Sharif, if he is sincere for promoting cordial ties with India, should show to the world that he is the boss and he is not prepared to accept any dictation and direction from the Army and the ISI. If he does so he may emerge as the man of peace in the South Asian region. |
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