ISLAMABAD – Indian army officers (retired or in-service) and media personsdon’t shy away from giving war rhetoric and hyperbolic statements againstPakistan on live TV. Retired major, Gaurav Arya’s comments regardingbloodshed of Pakistan army soldiers in Balochistan was just another exampleof that.
Gaurav, who retired in 1999 only after six years of service, is now aself-proclaimed defense analyst on war-hysteric Indian media. He is alsoworking as a consulting editor for Republic TV and a host for one of theirshows.
On weekend, Arya appeared on a live televised debate hosted by ArnabGoswami as a guest speaker and said:
Now you will see how the blood of their [Pakistani] soldiers will be shedin Balochistan.
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He continued by ranting that, “Hum inkey hawaa nikaal dengay, hawaa [Youjust watch what we do with them…just watch].”
During the live television show, he claimed to have contact details of allBaloch leaders.
Bugti, Marri, Mengal…you name it… I will send it to you with theirlocations.
He went on to blame Pakistan for an uprise in the resistance in Kashmir andsaid that India will make Pakistan pay tenfold for its actions in Kashmir.
Just the way it goes, Goswami and Arya continually interrupted Pakistanidefense expert, Qamar Cheema, and never gave him a chance to put forward acounter-argument.
Cheema, however, appeared in Arya’s show the next day and quipped:
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Gaurav sahab, you have become quite the hit in Pakistan after your recentcomments.
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Cheema said Pakistan takes India’s involvement in Balochistan seriously.
We started taking what you said seriously the day self-confessed Indian spyKulbhushan Jadhav was arrested and the subsequent unearthing of theResearch and Analysis Wing’s network in the province.
Jadhav is a convicted spy who confessed his involvement in financingterrorism in Balochistan. He was an active commander in the Indian navy atthe time of his arrest in Balochistan.Befitting Reply
There was a strong and befitting response from the Pakistani side led byformer interior minister of Balochistan, Sarfraz Bugti.
Bugti uploaded a video from the show on Twitter and said:
Dear @majorgauravarya, all your Bugtis, Marris & Mengals contacts havescurried from #Balochistan & your payroll information is outdated. Sinceyour retirement, Balochistan has changed a lot.
He said that Arya was a mouthpiece of Arnab Goswami who is speakingdesperately against Pakistan to get himself a better job.
