NEW DELHI – After Ruling BJP defeat in the main heartland states, Indiangovernment may wage a war against Pakistan, it has been reported in Indianmedia.
Indian leaders might resort to the option of a war with Pakistan and thenuclear deterrence will not bar the leaders, an Indian judge-turnedcolumnist has predicted.
In his latest piece, the former supreme court judge, Markandey Katju hasdished in on the scenario that is developing after the defeat of BharatiyaJanata Party in heartland states, dropping hints of dark days ahead.
“Also, a war with Pakistan on some issue is bound to whip up communalpassions, and our leaders may well resort to that option too. The fact thatboth countries have nuclear weapons will not deter desperate men,” Katjuwrote.
Markandey Katju, who retired in 2011, stated that India was bound towitness widespread communal riots and incidents in the coming months.
The former judge commented: BJP thrives on communal riots, for that is theonly way the party knows for increasing its votes from its ‘captive’ uppercaste Hindu vote bank, which, at 20 per cent of the population, is clearlyinsufficient to win many seats.
Painting a bleak picture for India, the writer continued that BJP will notgive up power easily, and the coming Lok Sabha elections will be like thehistorical wars for the Delhi Sultanate ‘in which no holds were barred andrivers of blood flowed as rivals sought to claim the throne’.
Katju also posed a mistrust in the entire political class of the country,taking on the chin, the electoral process currently underway.
“So whether Congress wins elections or BJP wins, it matters little. Ourpoliticians have no genuine love for the country, but are only interestedin power and pelf,” he wrote in The Week In.
He opined that the only effect the assembly election results will have isto reduce lynching of Muslims a bit saying, it was wrong to assume thatsuch incidents will be totally eliminated.
“India is still a semi-feudal society, and as I have repeatedly pointedout, communalism is always latent in it, only awaiting some catalyst tobring it to the surface,” stated Katju.