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India must assert its position in Pakistan SAARC Meet 8/1/2016 11:36:05 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Aug 1: The decision of the Government of India to send Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to Pakistan to attend the two-day (August 3-4) SAARC meeting in Islamabad has triggered a debate in India. Strategic affairs experts have expressed varied opinions. Some had said Rajnath Singh must not to Pakistan considering its dubious role in Kashmir and elsewhere in India, saying his visit to Islamabad would accord respectability to Pakistan. On the other hand, there are some who said that the Union Home Minister should go to Pakistan to tell the Pakistani authorities that their country has no locus standi in Kashmir and that they must stop exporting terrorism to India. "India is fully conversant with Pakistan's inimical, short-sighted and terror-driven strategic formulations. That's why it must adopt a firm and cohesive strategy in its dealings with a neighbour which is not prepared to be rational. It is time for us to make an errant Pakistan read the writing on the wall. Any meddling by Pakistan in our internal affairs must be answered, not merely by any meaningless statements which the Pakistanis are accustomed to, but with tangible action," those who favour Union Home Minister's visit to Pakistan have said. Besides, they have urged the Union Government to downgrade Indian diplomatic representation in Pakistan and the vice versa. "To start with, let India downgrade our diplomatic representation in each other's capitals and cut off all contacts with Pakistan, except those between the two NSAs, DGMOs and between our BSF and the Pak Rangers," they have said, and added that "India must make it clear to Pakistan that we do not need them in any way". As India employs its genius to sort out some of its internal problems, which are primarily attributable to Pakistan's perennial mischief, it must adopt a consistent, long-term and firm approach, they have further said, adding that this may instill some sense and rationality in Pakistan. "The best way to convey that India means business would have been for India to cancel Home Minister Rajnath's visit to Pakistan. However, in the larger interests of the region, the Government of India has acted pragmatically," they have said. They have, in addition, asked the Union Home Minister to convey to Pakistan the realities and nuances of the accession of the entire state of J&K to the Union of India. "In case opportunity manifests, Home Minister Rajnath Singh must convey to the ill-informed Pakistani public, over Pakistan television the realities and nuances of the accession of the entire state of Jammu and Kashmir to the Union of India on October, 1947, India's inclusive nationhood endeavours and how all hues of the Islamic faith flourish in India, unlike in Pakistan. However, knowing the mindsets of the ISI and the Pakistan army, they will not give a chance to our Home Minister to interact with the Pakistani public. So be it. India must charter its own path in the region, keep its head high and punch commensurate to its weight. Pakistan will suffer owing to its own contradictions, we do not have to make any effort any way," they have in unequivocal terms said. Now that the Union Government has made it clear that Home Minister Rajnath Singh shall visit Pakistan and it also knows that there is a very vast constituency in India which is opposed to his visit to Islamabad, it is hoped that he would pay heed to the suggestions of other strategic affairs experts in India who have very reluctantly endorsed the New Delhi's stand on the Nome Minister's visit to Pakistan. The Modi Government is already at the receiving end because of its inconsistent Pakistan policy and its flip flops in Kashmir. It would lose more public sympathy in case the Union Home Minister didn't tell Pakistan in Pakistan itself that India means business and it will not tolerate anything nonsense any longer.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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