Modis return to Gandhian roots.

Byline: GULSHER PANHWER - Johi

India has had a history of locking horns with smaller neighbours but under the belligerent leadership of PM Modi it has completely abandoned its secular legacy and continued to show an arrogant and aggressive posture toward neighbouring countries. Emboldened by his military size Modi deprived Kashmir of its autonomous status and unleashed series of brutalities and started attempts to gnawing the territories of smaller neighbours like Nepal. Ultimately it provoked its neighbouring giant China forgetting the 1962 drabbing from the latter.

India made this move expecting salient support from Trump. The phenomenal rise of China as an economic giant has put monumental challenge to USA which was accustomed to being the sole superpower of the world. Hitherto all attempts by USA to contain China have failed including blaming it for creating the coronavirus and spreading to rest of the wider world. But China as an astute responsible power reacted maturely. However in response to Indian intrusion when China started deploying the army on its side a pall of hush enveloped India. BJP leaders who regularly fume to bash and threaten Pakistan turned peaceniks...