October 1, 2019
Narendra Modi in a quandary!
By Syed Rifaquat Ali
The total shutdown in Kashmir has placed the Maverick Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, in a quandary. He is caught between the devil and the deep blue sea.
The abrogation of Article 370 and 35a in Jammu and Kashmir on August 5 could well be Modi's Swansong.
Modi is in such a precarious situation that he does not know whether to pull out his 900,000 troops from Kashmir or to intensify his Draconian action which has angered eight million people in Kashmir, inviting brickbats from world media, political correspondents, statesmen, thinkers and a host of leaders from different parts of the world.
Even the Indian media pooh-poohed Modi's belligerent action which has brought anarchy in Kashmir.
India's renowned political correspondent, octogenarian Prem Shankar Jha, rightly said in a TV debate that Modi's governance is "tyrannical."
Jha has covered politics for the last fifty years or so and his observation has much sagacity. Though Kashmir is reeling under curfew and lockdown since August 5, Modi told a blatant lie during his address at the Howdy, Modi rally in Houston that everything is fine in India.
Millions of youths in India are jobless, the economy is in a shambles, the GDP growth has slumped, education is suffering due to bizarre thinking, agriculture is deteriorating as farmers are committing suicide and a plethora of other maladies that plagues India today.
But for Modi "everything is fine." Even the Home Minister, Amit Shah, is a master craftsman in telling lies. He says that there are no restrictions in Kashmir which is very peaceful. Most of the BJP leaders and stalwarts are liars and half-baked in historical knowledge.
The BJP ministers and leaders have made a mockery of India which is today an object of ridicule in the eyes of the world.
Think for a moment about an RSS leader Nigam who said in a NDTV debate that Delhi 's Jama Masjid was a Hindu temple and Red Fort was a Hindu monument.
What idiotic thinking! Ever since the BJP came to power in 2014, things have gone
haywire and life has become pretty tense and meaningless.
The plural diversity in India has taken a beating, Hindu-Muslim relations are sore and the communal divide is a writing on the wall. India is today in the hands of uneducated rustics, and if the trend continues, there could be chaos and anarchy throughout the country.
Syed Rifaquat Ali is Sydney-based journalist
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