ISLAMABAD – Cautioning India to draw the right lessons from recent crisiswith Pakistan, the notable American news service, Bloomberg, said, aselections are approaching, “the great temptation” for Indian Prime MinisterNarendra Modi is to “inflame the country’s mood of militant nationalism.”
In its editoriallink,Bloomberg warned that this exploitation of the situation “might payshort-term electoral dividends, but it would not serve Modi’s long-terminterests, much less his country’s.”
The editorial reminded that during the current tensions, “strategically,things haven’t changed to India’s advantage.” Moreover, it forewarnedIndia against the danger of events spiraling out of control.
Risk is heightened not by India’s strength but by its weakness, whicharises from the country’s political and sectarian divides
It said this risk is heightened not by India’s strength but by itsweakness, which arises from the country’s political and sectarian divides.
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Urging the Indian PM to positively respond to his Pakistani counterpartImran Khan’s offer of talks, to promote peace in the region, the editorialfurther noted that Modi should recognize that Kashmiris feel alienated andthat many of their complaints are legitimate.
“India’s security presence in the state is oppressive and it ignores theresulting frustrations which can breed more suicide bombers as well as costIndia some of the goodwill it has earned around the world,” the editorialread.
