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Have you heard of the adage "Lesser of the two evils" ? No they are not equally useless. Far from it.
Coming to NDA rule the two major terror attacks were Parliament attacks and the Akshardham attack - both cases in which the suspects were identified, arrested and in the Parliament case even the prosecution taken up expeditiously and a sentence procured.
1993 serial blasts case in Mumbai still pending in SC. "Lesser of the two evils".
And what will BJP/NDA do ? If they arrest terror suspects we immediately have the "intellectuals/Congress" lining up and crying "Innocent Muslim harassment". Congress won't do it so that its vote bank is not upset. So who will fight terror ?
Everything boils down to the false,somewhat basterdized notion of "secularism" and vote bank politics being done in the name of secularism. If that is done away the fight against Terror is half won.
I agree with the "Bastardized" version of Secularism part. But I disagree with everything else. Akshardham and Indian Parliament attacks were actual proof of how incompetent / inept the BJP/ NDA government was. The fact that they caught and punished the "perpetrators" does not absolve them of the initial crisis.
Also, the Akhsardham attack was a direct response to the Godhra violence, which was perpetrated by N Modi and his minions. In that way, Modi and minions were also responsible for the carnage.
I do not think that BJP is any better than Congress for India. Looking at their record, they are just as bad for Indian security. They are hot headed, have no sense of proportion and would stoop to any length for votes - given a choice I would not vote for the left, the right or the centrists in India.
As for the timing of the attacks - there is a pattern. everytime India-Pak talks start off, ISI/ PA would send some of their pet terrorists to India - kill some innocent people and draw a response from GOI. The opposition and Indian media will start baying for blood and the India-Pak talks will break down. Who gains from this? ISI and PA, who can keep up the fear of India as the big bad enemy - thereby secure funds from Pak Govt.
So, it is high time that GOI should get on with talks to Pak Govt. They should use this unfortunate terrorist attack to pressurize Pak Govt to come to the table with more than "Kashmir" issue. A smart response from India would be to identify the Pak connection and put international pressure on Pak for more open peace talks.
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