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Cynical Gambit

For all the song and dance, the BJP has made zero headway on terrorism—save for rhetoric that yields electoral profits, like in Gujarat

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Cynical Gambit
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The Guardian
  • Infiltration continues with a consistency more or less comparable to the last year;

  • Camps inside Pakistan and PoK are back in operation;

  • The war against terrorism has rendered India vulnerable to terrorist attacks.For instance, the attack on the US consulate in Calcutta is linked to New Delhi's support to Washington; there has been an alert that Goa could witness a Kenya-like attack;
  • Domestic political compulsions have inspired parties to exploit the terrorism issue to communally polarise the population;

  • US proclivity to accommodate Pakistan's strategic interests is growing;

  • Pakistan-sponsored covert activities in neighbouring countries aimed at India have increased;

  • The threshold for tolerance of terrorist attacks has gone up;

  • The border mobilisation didn't undermine Pakistan's reach and access to targets.

  • Nor has India's capability and infrastructure to deal with terrorism been enhanced.

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