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B R Haran letters@newstodaynet.com |
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Tuesday, 02 December, 2008 ,
05:19 PM
‘Complete failure of intelligence and the unlimited terror attacks on Indian soil has proved that governance has evaporated under the Congress led UPA dispensation’, said senior BJP leader Arun Shourie. Speaking on ‘National Security and safety of borders’ at a public meeting organised by Chennai based ‘Vigil-Public Opinion Forum’ Shourie said, ‘despite inputs made available by the disorganised intelligence agencies, the UPA government ignored the inputs resulting in the worst terror attacks on Mumbai. India has lost count of the numerous terror attacks occurring every now and then and the UPA government has shown the world that it has lost the political will to tackle terrorism’. Saying that Pakistan has been hostile to India from the beginning, Shourie added, ‘the neighbouring nation has been acting as a breeding ground for terrorists and it has been grooming fundamentalist elements right from their childhood through religiously fundamentalist syllabus not only in Madarasas but also in government schools.’
Stating that there is no point in differentiating between the state actors and the non-state actors in Pakistan, Shourie said, ‘ISI is the most lethal and efficient intelligence agency and the ISA and the Pakistan Army control the state and the non-state actors in Pakistan. ISI and the Army have been focusing on Talibanisation of the society.
For example, LeT has established its campus in a sprawling 2000 acres land just 60 kms from Lahore and its congregations have been attended by millions of people every time’. He recalled former President Musharraf’s statement that ‘Jihad is an instrument of Pakistan’s state policy’ and said that India must recognise this fact that Pakistan is its enemy.
Cautioning that India’s neighbourhood comprises of only failed States, he said, ‘India’s preparedness is not enough to meet the challenges and the NDA’s initiation of establishing marine infrastructures to strengthen the coastal security has not been improved upon by the UPA’.
Listing the speeches made by Manmohan Singh and Shivraj Patil inside and outside parliament and the talks of NSA Narayanan over the years in regard to the threats faced by India via sea route from Pakistan based terror outfits, he said, ‘Though the UPA is aware of the threats, it has failed in its preparedness and exposed its incompetence’.
Seriously cautioning on China’s maneuvers around India building bases with the help of Burma, Bangladesh and Pakistan, Shourie said, ‘though India has the capacity to handle enemies like Pak and Bangladesh, it must be very careful with China, which has nothing but utmost contempt for India. China has always treated India as just a ‘claw of the Crab’ meaning a ‘hooked nail of US’ and addressed it disrespectfully as a ‘potential nuisance’.
He said, ‘war is won only by overwhelming force and for that every aspect of governance has to be good’ and appealed to the audience to send ‘competent and patriotic’ people to Parliament, every time when they get opportunity to vote.
Dr Kalyanaraman, director, Saraswathi Research Foundation, in his welcome address said that India is under siege surrounded by enemies and it has to revamp its security system completely. Noted columnist Gurumurthy and BJP State president L Ganesan were also present on the occasion. |
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