How India proposes to tackle these three upcoming threats. In the wake of the August 5 attack, Indian authorities have announced stepping up military operations against the rebel group. More troops are being deployed and all security forces have been ordered “to go all out against the NDFB(S),” Assam’s Chief Secretary V K Pipersenia said. Intimidation or use of brute force by the state government, compliant local government, corrupt political class, blanket deployment of security forces are now visible signs for controlling the disturbance in Gujarat. For Kashmir problem, Delhi finds itself between the rock and a hard place to quell the unrest in the Valley, which has been under curfew for over a month. There is some talk that regions of the Valley may be put under direct army rule. Delhi seems preparing for a massive crackdown.
At a juncture confronted with three prongs attack, Modi government found it expedient to stage a political drama by whipping up xenophobia and make it look as if Pakistani interference is fuelling the upheaval in the Valley – rather than the other way around. Tirades against Pakistan help boost the sagging morale of the Hindu nationalist lobby and divert public attention away from all the issues Modi Government is facing. The Hindu fundamentalists visualise Modi as the Iron Man of Indian politics. Evidently, Modi took to stage-acting on such a potentially explosive theme as human rights without thinking through the profound consequences. It looks like, Modi’s tirade against Pakistan may only draw more international attention to the carnage in the Valley, which is after all the root cause of India-Pakistan tensions today. India’s interests lie in keeping things under control in the Valley. Contrary to it if unrest continues in Valley, Pakistan will turn the table on India’s own abysmal human rights record. Pakistan may not have a lily-white reputation, but India too has many skeletons in the closet – such as the greatest human rights dimensions of oppressive Hindu caste system or the alienation in the Christian-majority north-eastern regions of the country. Suffice to say, Modi has jumped in to Baluchi Pond without the foresight that he may now come under compulsion to keep swimming. Pakistan won’t let him to swim easily, either. So Mr Modi you wanted to involve Pakistan to divert the attention of Indians from important internal issues your government is facing. Such tactics are not always successful. International community can no longer be fooled with such acts. Very soon you will realise the blunder you made.