Bharatiya Pragna - Dr. Th Chowdary

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the privilege of heading this GoM), had made nearly 300 comprehensive recommendations for completely overhauling India’s security apparatus and management in the areas of defence, intelligence, internal security and border management. The UPA government has shown callous neglect towards implementation of these recommendations. The next NDA government will take up this task with the highest priority. While enemies of the nation are uniting and coordinating their actions, it is sad that narrow electoral considerations are standing in the way of political parties and governments giving a concerted fight to the menace of terrorism. Implementation of the recommendations of the Malimath Committee on overhauling the criminal justice system will be done in a timebound manner. The chain of India’s anti-terrorism apparatus can be only as strong as its weakest link. Today one of its weakest links is the local police station and its intelligence gathering capabilities. Therefore, modernisation of the police force with adequate central assistance, which had been started by the NDA government, will be rapidly intensified. Finally, I wish to make a fervent appeal to all sections of our society and polity: Let us not communalise the fight against terrorism. Terrorists have no religion. They are enemies of the nation and of humanity as a whole. Let us not imperil the security of India — and, going further, 36 the very unity of India — by going soft in the war against these enemies. This is not a war that any single party or any single community can win. It is a battle for the survival of India, in which all communities and all political parties are equal stake-holders. We wanted to extend our wholehearted support to the incumbent government for any positive action that it is prepared to take to combat terrorism. Unfortunately, it has not taken even a single initiative in this direction to which we could extend our support. While enemies of the nation are uniting and coordinating their actions, it is sad that narrow electoral considerations are standing in the way of political parties and governments giving a concerted fight to the menace of terrorism. I do hope that the public opinion in this country will create required pressure for political parties and their leaders to think beyond electoral considerations and fight terrorism with single-minded determination. One last point. The Navratri festival has begun. It will conclude on Vijayadashami, which symbolises the victory of Good over Evil. I suggest that, in addition to Ravan Dahan (burning of the effigy of Ravan), let Navratri pandals all over the country also do Atankvaad Dahan (burning the effigy of the Demon of Terrorism). Let it symbolise our collective resolve to make India terror-free. (Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha L K Advani delivered this speech while inaugurating a national seminar on terrorism organised by the Rambhau Mhalgi Prabhodini in New Delhi on October 4) November & December 2008 Bharatiya Pragna
T he long-declared dissatisfaction in the armed forces with the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission was ignored when the pay slips were being prepared for September. This apathy towards defence, if not also callousness, on the part of the Government is legendary. An ancient proverb goes: Any king who cannot defend his country has no right to be on the throne. Little wonder that it is difficult to remember an Indian regime having defeated a foreign power since Chandragupta Maurya drove out Nicator Seleucus, the Greek, in 303 BC. Defeating Pakistan would be like winning a civil war. Uncannily, even Muslim conquerors could not win after they had settled down in India. For example, Ibrahim Lodi with one lakh soldiers could not in 1526 defeat Babar with his 13,000 men army. Nor could the Mughal emperor defend Delhi against Nadir Shah in 1739. Emperor Alamgir II could not stave off Ahmed Shah Abdali, the Afghan, 28 years later. There must be some flaw in our ethos 37 Give forces their due Prafull Goradia Neglect of armed forces demoralises them, and the Government has to pay a heavy price for it, warns the writer. whereby we keep getting defeated at foreign hands for 23 centuries. Perhaps there is a clue in the manner in which the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations have made the soldiers, sailors and airmen unhappy whereas the civilians feel well-paid and happy. Evidently, the priorities of the Government are lopsided. It is well-known that a primary reason for India’s slow progress when compared with Japan and China is our enormous, inefficient, if not also counter productive, bureaucracy. Yet the civilians are pampered. We also know that the Indian Army has 40 per cent fewer officers than what is actually November & December 2008 Bharatiya Pragna
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