NEW DELHI – India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has warned Pakistan thatit “is on a path to its own destruction” a day after more than 40 peoplewere killed in a bomb blast in the occupied Kashmir regionlink.
On Thursday, a suicide bomber crashed an explosives-packed SUV into aCentral Reserve Police Force bus in Pulwama district of held-Kashmir. Thebus was transporting some 40 reservists in a convoy of 78 other vehicles.
While New Delhi is blaming Islamabad for the deadly blast without anyconcrete evidence and thorough investigation, people from inside the SouthAsian country believe the politics on Pulwama attack looks more of apre-election stunt by the incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party’s leadership toboost its voters.
Ashok Swain, a professor of peace and conflict research at the Departmentof Peace and Conflict in Sweden, has said India shouldn’t and must not getinto Modi’s manipulated pre-election war frenzy. “The desire for revengemakes people blind and leads to self-destructive actions. An armedconfrontation, even if it fails to lead to nuclear holocaust, it will endIndia’s democracy forever!” Swain posted on social media.
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India shouldn’t and must not get into Modi’s manipulated pre-election warfrenzy. The desire for revenge makes people blind and leads toself-destructive actions. An armed confrontation, even if it fails to leadto nuclear holocaust, it will end India’s democracy forever!12:42 PM – Feb 15, 2019link
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The Indian-born academic, who has since now received multiple death threatsby radical groups in India, had in December last year predicted a “majorborder confrontation” with Pakistan which would benefit PM Modi before theupcoming general elections.
“Mark my word – In the next 5 months, Modi will smile more in public andwill cry more in public. India should be also prepared for a major riotand/or a major border confrontation with Pakistan before the 2019election,” he had said in a tweet.
Mr. Swain, following the Pulwama attack, took to Twitter to highlight that“Under Modi, not only terror attacks but also the death of Indian securityforces has increased dramatically in Kashmir. The number of securitypersons killed in Kashmir – 47 in 2014, 39 in 2015, 82 in 2016, 80 in 2017and 91 in 2018”.
