NATIONAL SECURITY PLAN

Bikash Choudhury



India has a National Security Plan? The recent events have pointed to the direction of non-existence of any such plan. The strident comments of Pakistani foreign secretary after finishing his dialogue with Indian counterpart were one such event. Pakistanis have time and again proved that they were master of geo-politics in the region. India in spite of its size and economic shape always finishes distant second, just like good guys. India took a position of no talk till 26/11 culprits are brought to book and modified in the last week of Feb’2010; just to be brow beaten by Pakistan with German Bakery bomb blast at Pune and further demand for mediation of China. Again, India pumps billions of dollars in tax payer’s money in Kabul to keep a toe hold of influence in Afghani capital and end up being continuously targeted by ISI and Taliban militia; whereas, Pakistan is being wooed by Americans as part of their Af-Pak policy with hard dollars, amounting to $6.5 billion; part of which will end up in the pockets of ISI to send mercenaries through pores borders in J&K and finance the sleeper cells of terrorist to create mayhem in length and breadth of the country. Further, Govt. announced an elaborate plan “green hunt” to weed out domestic Maoist militia which incited Maoist to run over a paramilitary out post near Medinapore in West Bengal and twenty four poor Jawans were mercilessly butchered. Telengana fiasco in Andhra Pradesh and Marathi manus holocaust in Mumbai are eating into the strategic strength of the country. Interested global forces must be watching India with lenses to take suitable position in their national interest. If our country continues in this path for long, then in foreseeable future, may be another East India Company would bid for Indian sovernity and our billion plus population would sadly remain just mute spectators. This can be real.

Pakistan has one point agenda that is to dismember India. They would surely attempt to occupy Jammu and Kashmir by force or by political collusion with global forces making a common cause to check met India from its fast pace economic growth. India must revisit its National Security with tooth comb and bridge the gaps as quickly as possible. In one side India should keep talking to Pakistan in as many channels as possible and let the world know that India is honest and sincere in resolving all outstanding disputes in peaceful manner; and in other side, time has come for India to pursue covert military strategy to slowly weaken the conventional and non conventional military strength of Pakistan. One covert media operation deep inside Pakistan is also necessary to drive Pakistani public opinion in favor of India in the long run. Finally, one more national effort is over due, to bring other SAARC countries into a bilateral peace treaty with India. Country must have a full proof National Security Plan whose impact alone must be visible to the common man.