Overthrow ManMohanSingh

Wall Street Journal has reported that India is likely to buy defence equipment worth more than $ 50 billion from US companies. I wish to take this opportunity to highlight the fact that Pakistan uses almost $ 1.2 billion it receives in aid from US to buy defence equipment.

In effect Indian taxpayers are not only paying for the defence purchases of Indian armed forces, but they are also subsidising the needs of the Pakistan Armed forces.

Given the nature of defence deals, it is very easy to see that 2 percent of profit that US earns from its sales to India is being diverted to Pakistan, thus keeping India on tenterhooks. This forces India to buy more weaponry from US which gives US more funds to divert to Pakistan as US Aid.

Not only are Indian Tax Payers thus trying to pay for protection of India, but they are in effect very much responsible for the terrorist attacks that are taking place in India. Number one reason for that is the fact that it is the US / Saudi encouragement and indulgence of Pakistan which allows it to thumb its nose at India and international law in so far as terrorism is concerned. Not only does this support to Pakistani Army and establishment embolden this ruffian elite which controls the destiny of 200 million people, but it also very much sanctions the use of terrorism as a state policy.

Given the present scenario in which Man Mohan Singh looses sleep selectively, I don’t foresee any immediate changes to the way GOI is conducting its policy. In view of the fact that 1.2 billion people have no recourse to safety, are at the mercy of a puny nation which has for generations used cowardly attacks on the soft underbelly of the society, do Indian masses have other options beyond the existing ones?

Personally, I believe there are tremendous opportunities available to Indian policy makers. If Saudi Arabia continues to support Pakistan and US winks at this relationship and supports the Pakistani state by aid, then India must relook at its Iran Policy. Not only may it be in the interest of India to have a nuclear Iran, but it may be in the interest of Indian policy makers to ensure greater economic cooperation with Iranian economy. The 60 Inch gas pipeline issue, with a route which goes via sub-sea, directly from Iranian landmass to India will be the first step towards such an alternative policy. The cost of such a pipeline will be cheaper than the billions spent on outdated F 16s.

I think it is time MMS is jettisoned in the Indian Ocean and some one who is more in tune with the needs of Indian security concerns is placed at the helm of the government. And the new PM should be able to tell the US where to draw the line.

The compromised elite, the 300 odd families must now either start working for the betterment of the nation or else, we must, as a nation, decide to support the Maoist overthrow of the current political dispensation such that the national interests are at the core of all the decisions made.

I also wish to pray that once the Maoist dispensation overthrows the corrupt, compromised elite class, it passes laws to confiscate the ill gotten gains of these families. The thousands of crores of rupees stashed away by these 300 odd families, which is actually the money taken away from the rural poor of this country must be retaken and used to provide a more humane government and a more conducive environment for the masses.