Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Ambassador Parthasarathy on "Red Star over South Block"

jun 11, 2008

the good ambassador says what's blindingly obvious: that the communists are fifth columnists for china, and that the vertebra-challenged one has caved in to them.

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From: Ram Narayanan


http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Editorial/Red_Star_Over_South_Block/articleshow/3111987.cms   

THE TIMES OF INDIA 

LEADER ARTICLE: Red Star Over South Block

9 Jun 2008, 0105 hrs IST,G PARTHASARATHY

As the Manmohan Singh government enters its last year in office, the contradictions in the approach to national security and foreign policy issues between a mainstream national party like the Congress on the one hand and the communist parties, which appear determined to make India a client state of China on the other, are becoming increasingly evident from the communist opposition to the Indo-US nuclear agreement. There are also other serious differences between the approach of the communists and virtually all other national parties on crucial issues of defence, national security and foreign affairs — differences that cannot be papered over any longer.

In its 2004 election manifesto, the CPM has advocated talks between India and Pakistan for a "denuclearised environment" in South Asia. This CPM formulation would result in India acceding to the Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) by the back door and in China to becoming the only nuclear weapons power in Asia.

Interestingly, this formulation coincides with what China has constantly advocated since 1998, when it demanded that India should give up its nuclear weapons, sign the NPT and agree to UN intervention in Jammu and Kashmir, as demanded in the UN Security Council Resolution 1172 of 1998. These demands have been reiterated when China speaks of its reservations on the Indo-US nuclear deal.

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Please also read:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Editorial/Chinese_Checks/articleshow/3115264.cms  
TIMES OF INDIA EDITORIAL "Chinese Checks"

and

http://telegraphindia.com/1080610/jsp/opinion/story_9379204.jsp  
THE TELEGRAPH, JUNE 10, 2008 "TREAT WITH CAUTION
- China's animosity towards India is more than historical"
by Ashok Ganguly



 



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