By deciding to launch air strike inside Pakistan, Indian Govt. has adopted a course which may lead to conflict between the two countries, a conflict which is not in the interest of the people of the two countries.
Whatever may be the actual damage caused by the air strike, this attack deep inside Pakistan is being seen as a humiliation by the Pakistan Army and is bound to lead to further escalation by some sort of retaliation by them.
The Air Force action has been termed as a ‘non-military pre-emptive action’ by the Govt. of India. It was avowedly aimed at destroying a training camp of Jaish-e-Mohammed in Balakot in Manshera district of Khyber Pakhtundkwa province. It is the first time since 1971 that Indian Air Force has crossed the Line of Control. Jaish-e-Mohammed had claimed responsibility for the suicide attack on the CRPF convoy near Pulwama in Jammu & Kashmir on February 14. In this attack 42 CRPF personnel were killed.
RSS-BJP Govt. has been running a communal and jingoist campaign in view of the coming elections in the country and is trying to utilize Pulwama attack for its election campaign. It has betrayed all the promises it had made to the people, particularly on generating employment, increasing incomes of peasants, recovering black money, ushering in growth etc. and has failed on all these counts. Its communal jingoist campaign is to cover up these failures and to set an anti-Pakistan agenda for the coming election. RSS and its affiliates link this agenda with their anti-Muslim communal campaign.
They are trying to impose their majoritarian outlook and policies designed to impose uniformity on the people and using state machinery for that purpose. Their efforts at bringing the communal Citizenship Bill have been fought back by the people of North Eastern states.
RSS-BJP have been planning to use the Kashmir situation for their communal jingoist agenda for the coming elections. Having run a coalition Govt. with Mehbooba Mufti led PDP, they dissolved this coalition and are now terming their erstwhile ally ‘anti-national’.
When PDP and the National Conference came together to form the Govt. in J&K, RSS-BJP Govt. dissolved the state assembly as an opposition led Govt. would not have permitted them to use the Kashmir situation for their electoral purpose.
On Pulwama attack, questions have been raised about different aspects of commission and omission which call for answers.
J&K is under the rule of the Central Govt. In the treatment of Kashmir situation by the Govt. and even the corporate media, the Kashmiris and their concerns are absent. It is appearing to be a fight for Kashmir without Kashmiris.
There were attacks against Kashmiris in different parts of the country, mainly in the states where police machinery is under the control of RSS-BJP or NDA Govts. In capital Delhi, Uttarakhand, Haryana, UP, Bihar, Kashmiri students and traders were targeted by the mobs collected by RSS-BJP cadres.
They were roughed up, rusticated and asked to leave and go back to Kashmir. The Govt., including the Prime Minister, kept silent on these attacks and Modi made a very general statement only after Supreme Court had issued directions to the state govts. to provide protection to Kashmiris. However, nowhere was action taken against those who had been guilty of these attacks.
RSS-BJP Govt. and the corporate media have launched a jingoist war mongering campaign which has serious portents for the country and the people. It shows the desperation of these forces in view of the coming elections, so much is at stake for them in view of the deepening economic crisis and deteriorating conditions of the people.
However, such escalation has a momentum of its own. While western powers, US, France and Israel may back Indian Govt. on air strike in view of their strategic and commercial interests, the brunt of the burden will have to be borne by the people of the country.
RSS-BJP Govt. has torpedoed all attempts at improving relations with neighbouring countries. Its attitude towards opening of Kartarpur Corridor is an example.
It has discouraged all people to people contact which can bring to the people of the two countries the facts of the problems faced by them.
CPI(ML)-New Democracy opposes war mongering and demands de-escalation between India and Pakistan. Both the countries should desist from military action across LOC and international border. We call upon the Govts. of both the countries to take recourse to dialogue to solve all outstanding issues. CPI(ML)-New Democracy opposes attacks on Kashmiris in different states and supports democratic aspiration of the people of J&K.
Central Committee
CPI(ML)-New Democracy
February 26, 2019
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