'The Greatest Failure Of The Government Of India.

Vajpayeeji initiated the historic bus diplomacy to Lahore and signed theLahore Declaration in which it was resolved to find solution to all the problemsconcerning Jammu and Kashmir. But, what was the outcome of this Lahore visit –the Kargil war ensued which took a toll of more than 5000 brave soldiers.

The Prime Minister called General Musharraf on telephone and congratulatedhim before he had anointed himself as the President of Pakistan. Was he underthe impression that this will help the Indo-Pak Summit Level Talks to succeed?He was the first person to have granted recognition to General Musharraf as thePresident of Pakistan. Whereas, that country has earned notoriety as a terroriststate.

I do agree that mutual negotiations can help solve any problem but we shallhave to judge what type are the people we are talking to. Thousands of peoplewere killed during the Kargil war. Numberless mothers lost their sons, sisterthey brothers and many women became widows. General Musharraf, who was directlyresponsible for this, was invited to talk.

The Leader of our party had fore-warned that the summit level talks betweenIndia and Pakistan were destined to meet a failure. Despite his warning, theGeneral was invited. The autocratic President of Pakistan is labeling thecross-border terrorism in Kashmir as ‘Jehad’ or freedom struggle. Does thekilling of innocent people justify the so called jehad? I do not think that anyreligious scripture can justify it as jehad.

General Musharraf visited our country with the sole agenda of Kashmir.Whereas on the other hand, there was no agenda on our side for the talks. On theone hand, we declare a unilateral cease-fire and on the other, most of oursoldiers are killed during this period.

It is quite deplorable that General Musharraf came to our country and let usdown. Our first priority should be to eradicate terrorism from our land once forall. It is due to this malaise that Pakistan has been able to internationalisethe issue of Kashmir and here lies the greatest failure of the Government ofIndia.