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| Modi unlikely to walk into Imran's trap | | Kashmir issue | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, July 29: Even the tone and tenor of Imaran Khan's brief "thanksgiving" speech made it clear on day one, July 26, that he may have won the popular vote with help from his masters in uniform but in the coming days, he is not going to make any significant change in their Kashmir policy.
Commenting on his engagement with India and his position on Kashmir Imran had said: "Kashmir remains our biggest contention. It is unfortunate that Kashmir, which is the core issue between the two countries, has suffered immense human rights violations at the hands of the Indian Army in the last 30 years. The leadership of Pakistan and India now need to come to the table to resolve this and end the blame games. We are stuck at square one".
In the days to come, the so-called peaceniks or the so-called track-II operatives on both sides of the volatile border may try and push their agenda of "peace talks" to kick-start the stalled dialogue process. But a lot depends on the response from the Indian side too.
The question remains: can Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi really afford to engage with Imran Khan before launching his own election campaign for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
On his part, Imran Khan may try and engage with India and assert his position but Narendra Modi cannot afford to engage with him at this hour or walk into his trap. It is not for nothing that all Kashmiri leaders, separatist, semi-separatist, autonomywalas and self-rulewalas have welcomed the Imran Khan's remarks on Jammu & Kashmir.
In the meantime, political observers claimed that "structured dialogue between India and Pakistan is still far away and most likely the new government in the office can really afford to take a final call on the dialogue process in the wake of the current political situation in the state of Jammu & Kashmir ahead of Lok Sabha polls". Senior security experts like Sushant Sareen have argued that "no matter who gets to form the next government in Islamabad, the policy on India will continue to be determined by the military establishment, also known now as "miltablishment"), the "deep state" (which includes non-uniformed people even if in a subservient or subordinate role) and the 'Department of Agriculture' (a euphemism for the ISI these days)". "There is absolutely nothing on the ground to suggest that the 'miltablishment' or the 'deep state' is even interested in ending the animosity and inimicality that has driven the so-called 'ideology of Pakistan', the frontiers of which the Pakistan army has taken upon itself to defend," the have also opined.
Besides, they have also rejected as "ridiculous" former Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti's Saturday suggestion to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he must appreciate the Imran Khan's offer of dialogue and engage with him. They have opined that "she was interfering in the India's foreign policy matters" and "it must be stopped". |
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