As far as i remember India is a sovereign country....and a sovereign nation is independent in making its decision....no other country has any right in its internal matters as long as it doesn't affect that country....India has respected the sovereignty of other countries, big or small, and its high time other countries also did same...and if they don't do that there is nothing wrong in telling them their mistake...
Recently after Orissa violence when our respected Prime Minister visited Europe, he was reminded by many of their leaders about this crime and violence taking place....agreed, the violence should be condemned but what right do they have to criticize India....did we interfere when racial violence gripped Paris and its sub-urbs....did India ask USA to clean its house when there was repeated reports of violence against Muslims and Sikhs after 9/11....no....because India believes these are internal matters of those countries...
Similarly what is happening in Orissa, Karnataka is also internal matter of India and so is the Post-Godhra riots....what happened in Gujarat was really unfortunate but that doesn't mean other nations can insult us by not providing visa to one of the elected CMs of an Indian State...whatever may be the role of Narendra Modi in the riots is an internal matter of India that will be dealt with by Indian judiciary and Indian electorate.....if they have a problem with that then they are free to stop relations with India...many countries had reservations about China's human rights record but will any government dare to refuse visa to leave aside Hu Jintao or Wen Jiabao, even to a normal diplomat???
These countries are showing great hypocrisy...on one hand they don't mind praising Musharraf or for that matter even Bush(isn't he responsible for the un-ending war in Afghanistan and Iraq) but not allowing Modi to visit.....they are investing in Gujarat but not ready to talk to its elected governement....they want to do business with Gujaratis but not listen to them....and our leaders, instead of supporting him to showcase Indian unity are making ridicule of him....i am not asking them to forgive him...they may continue boycotting him....but when it comes to a matter of national pride they should leave behind their petty politics.....
Also, recently one Indian Diplomat was refused visa to visit China because he belonged to Arunachal Pradesh, which China claims as its own....result: our Govt. sent the delegation minus that official....by doing that hasn't India accepted that it considers the state as a disputed territory.....there have been various instances of China doing it....but we go out of our way to ensure that no untoward incident or even protests during Beijing torch rally....
I have taken only three recent examples of India allowing others to compromise on Indian soverignty but there are numerous more examples like continuous questions about Kashmir, North-east, even some laws, financial policies....
If India wants to become a superpower (which we are capable of) then we need to act like one....everybody pushes a push-over....it is high time we stopped being bullied by other nations...we are more than capable of making our own decisions and ruling our country....
JAI HIND!!!
I agree. The problem with Indian political system is that not only do they fight internally, they also fight in front of the world. I appreciated a show of strength by Dr.Manmohan Singh when he refused any aid from the US after the 2004 Tsunami. But we need many more instances like that to develop an image of a country with its own opinion and own identity.....
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