India’s renewed bid to win back the neighbors in her immediate neighborhood for closer economic and strategic ties is expected to be more pronounced in the coming weeks.
It’s indication didn’t get unnoticed, when the heads of the governments of Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka were personally present to greet Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the
majestic forecourt of the historic Rashtrapati Bhawan on Sunday, June nine for successfully winning the polls.
The weather, indeed, was too hot, when the swearing-in took place. The leaders of the South Asian region braved the weather, including the Delhi -based high -profile members of the diplomatic corps, thus,finally reaffirming their faith in India and her democracy. The presence of Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adan, known as the members of the club of the richest industrialists on the earth added a new confidence that India would be the vehicle of progress and prosperity.
The presence of the political leaders accompanied by the presence of the people representing a broad spectrum of society in the swearing-in ceremony that India is now poised for initiating a new mode of development
It is believed that their presence was jointly planned by India’s External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar, and the National Security Advisor, Ajit Kumar Doval.
The Crown Country : The presence of the Bangladesh Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, during the swearing-in ceremony, perhaps, has finally nailed the dream project of the US and its satellite country, UK. for setting up a Crown Country with the help of Beijing. Earlier this year in January, the Americans wanted to set up a multidimensional military base at St. Martin Island, just nine kilometers from Cox Bazar in Bangladesh.
It appears that the buffoons of the American Deep State have accessed an old file in the British archives for creating a Christian State for fragmenting India. It is true that the British wanted to carve out an independent state comprising India’ s north-east region. About 150-year ago in 1873, the British had introduced the inner line system to keep the hilly regions of Assam insulated from the rest of India, thus prohibiting the people of the rest of India to visit the hills, but allowed the Protestant priests to camp in the region. The agenda was to alienate these brave tribes from the rest of India.
During the late 19th. century, when the US was an agricultural country, the unemployed youths from American Universities were recruited to spread the faith in these remote areas.
It is not known whether the renewed initiative for a Christian State is being carved out with the help of Beijing Earlier, during sixties, just a few years before the visit of the then US President Richard Nixon, to China, the CIA agents deployed at the US mission in Dacca, then the provincial capital of East Pakistan, were actively promoting insurgency in Mizoram and Nagaland. In this task, they were shamelessly conniving with China, though pronounced an enemy by American media l.
Chin’s Love for India : In spite of the colonial penetration in the region, the hill tribes comprising a broad spectrum of tribes such as Naga, Lushai, Chins, Kukis and even Meitei belong to a common gene stock
Therefore, it is not surprising that the Chin insurgents have already appealed to New Delhi for becoming a part of India.A proposal in this regard has been pending with New Delhi for the past three decades, more specifically the request was submitted to the then PM Vishwanath Pratap Singh.
Proximity with Nepal : Much significance is being attached to the presence of the Nepalese PM Kamal Dahal, who was accompanied by his winsome daughter, Ganga, known for her political intelligence. It is quite known in India that she brought truce among her father’s peers in the ruling party, Nepal Communist Party. In spite of some adverse comments in media, she has been assisting her father following the unfortunate deaths her brother, Prakash, and sister Renu,
This visit was expected to enable her to understand the challenges her most intimate neighbor India is facing from the Dragon.
President Muizzu Welcomed : In spite of some decline in the India – Maldives ties after Mohamed Muizzu, who had won the coveted post of the President in the Island state, by criticizing India. He, however, was accorded a warm welcome in New Delhi at the swearing-in ceremony. It is hoped that the two countries would finally improve their ties
The other leaders such as the Present of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickermsinghe, Mauritius PM Pravind Jugnath, the PM of Bhutan, Tshering Tobogay and Ahemed of Seychelles attended the function. Modi had also met them separately, thus further cementing their ties with India
Gopal Misra has been associated with national and international media. His books on journalism and geo-politics have been well-appreciated. Views are personal.