Is India Adopting A Pro Islamic

And Anti Hindu Foreign Policy?

Anti Tamil and Pro Palestine stands of India signal an anti-Hindu and pro-
Islamic foreign Policy of Modi Govt. in a cross road.
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!pananda "ra#mac#ari
$ %uly &'( &)*+( ,e- .el#i( /ri 0an1a Guardian2 I am so disgusted to #ere t#at India
along -it# "3I4/ countries today in Geneva !, H5 voted in support of a !, Human
3ig#ts 4ouncil resolution to launc# a proe into Israel6s offensive on Ga7a.
India 8oined "ra7il( 3ussia( 4#ina and /out# Africa to vote for a Palestinian-drafted
resolution on 9:nsuring 3espect for international la- in T#e ;ccupied Palestinian
Territories( including :ast %ersusalem<.
T#e +=-memer council adopted t#e investigation under a draft resolution after a
re>uest y Palestine( -#ic# #as !, oserver status.
&? states voted in favour of t#e investigation.
*= astained( including many :! states.
* voted against @ t#e !/.
T#e voting came as loodat# in t#e Ga7a /trip continued unaated today -it# Israel
and Hamas refusing to ac1 do-n in t#e *A-day conflict t#at #as 1illed over AB)
Palestinians and C* Israelis.
Des( !/ -as t#e only nation to vote against t#e resolution. :uropean countries
astained. "ut( India #ad not t#e courage to stand y !/ or to support Israel -#ic# is
fig#ting against t#e largest menace of t#e present day society( EAl %i#ad6.
,o-( it #as een proved t#at ,arendra Modi is not courageous enoug# to put #im in
t#e ro- of ;ama nor #e cleared #is stand to support Palestine t#e mentor of Hamas
-#ic# is not#ing ut a strong eFponent of loody %i#ad for t#e estalis#ment of a Pan
Islamic Gorld. !ltimately India #ad to support a Pan Islamic stand for Palestine -it#
some reasoning of #uman rig#ts( violation of -ar principals and oviously t#e pity
deat# of AB) Palestinians in t#e period of 3amadan.
T#e deat# of maFimum *'()))-&)())) Palestinians $to my #ig#est estimation2 is a ig
soc1 for Indian politics and Modi concern ut cruel genocide of 6*+=())) Hindu
Tamils6 $as many of Tamil and International 3ig#ts ;rgs claim2 in /ri 0an1a is not a
concern at all for India and for t#e so called Hindutva-adi "%P led Govt in India.
;n %uly &Crd( t#e official opposition in 4anada( t#e ,e- .emocratic Party $,.P2
oserved t#e "lac1 .ay to commemorate t#e victims of t#e Tamil Hindu Genocide in
"lac1 %uly. T#e Tamil organisations oserved it -orld-ide to denounce t#e dangerous
motive of lood t#irsty /in#ala Govt.
,.P and ot#er Tamil ;rgs in 4anada rememered t#e #undreds of Tamils -#o -ere
1illed and t#e t#ousands -#o -ere displaced -#en t#eir #omes and usinesses -ere
destroyed in /ri 0an1a from t#e violence t#at ensued from t#e pogroms targeting
Tamils t#at egan on %uly &C( *?BC. T#e perpetrators and organi7ers of t#e violence
#ave never een #eld accountale for t#eir actions.
In #is statement( Tom Mulcair( t#e 0eader of t#e ;fficial ;pposition and also ,.P
told( 9As -e rememer( ,e- .emocrats rene- our commitment to defend t#e #uman
rig#ts of t#e Tamil people in /ri 0an1a and press for accountaility. 4anada and t#e
-orld #ave a responsiility to ensure to ensure t#at asic #uman rig#ts principles are
up#eld y all countries. Ge also strongly condemn t#e /ri 0an1an government6s an
on diaspora groups in 4anada and around t#e -orld. 0est -e forget.<
"ut( a doule standard .r. /uramanian /-amy( a veteran "%P leader and no- t#e
c#airman of t#e "%P 4ommittee for /trategic Action( -ent to /ri 0an1a to #old t#e
loody #and of /0 President Ma#inda 3a8apa1sa only to demorali7e Tamil 3ig#ts
Groups trying to eFpose t#e reality of a Tamil Genocide in /ri 0an1a( ?)H of -#ic# are
t#e innocent Tamil Hindu poor people of Tamil dominated areas in t#e nort# and :ast
of /0.
As India is not a signatory to t#e *?'* 3efugee 4onvention. 3efugees #ave no rig#t to
freedom of movement. India6s Foreigners Act *?+A and 4iti7ens#ip Act *?'' define all
non-citi7ens -#o enter -it#out visas to e illegal migrants( -it# no eFception for
refugees or asylum see1ers. Possession of a !,H43 $!nited ,ations Hig#
4ommissioner for 3efugees2 refugee certificate does not protect refugees from
detention.
More t#an *))())) /ri 0an1an Tamils live in et-een **' and *C) refugee camps in
Tamil ,adu /tate in India. Aid -or1ers say t#at some refugees live in t#atc#ed #uts(
ot#ers in small cement loc1#ouses. T#ere are no proper toilet facilities( at#ing
facilities or ade>uate drin1ing -ater. T#ere is no ruis# collection( and only some
camps #ave medical facilities. :lectricity is provided in some locations( ut usually
only et-een A am and A pm. In some camps t#ere is no electricity for many inmates.
/iF #ouses at T#iruvad#avur collapsed in monsoonal rains recently( 1illing a girl.
T#ese Tamils previously soug#t refuge in India from /ri 0an1a6s *?BC-&))? eFtremely
rutal civil -ar. In &)** a !, eFpert panel identified -ar crimes suc# as aductions(
torture and disappearances( in -#ic# #ig# government officials -ere implicated. ;ver
*))())) people -ere 1illed and one million displaced. Tamils -ere eFposed daily to air
stri1es and atrocities( forcing many to flee to India.
And t#e Tamil Hindus still stay in /ri 0an1a unfortunately face t#e rutal evil of
"udd#a /asana. G#ile -#ole of t#e -orld is condemning t#e 3a8apa1sa and #is
predecessors( "%P and .r. /uramanian /-amy patting #is ac1 for t#e Tamil
Genocide in /ri 0an1a.
G#ile !, rig#ts council approved in>uiry against t#e anti Tamil /in#ala aut#orities
$y yesI &C( ,oI *&( AstentionI *&2 into alleged auses in /ri 0an1a -ar in t#e session
on &=t# Marc# &)*+( -#y India astained t#en? ;ne may say t#at it -as not a Modi
Govt t#en. "ut( -#en -e see a #onoing /-amy -it# #is /0 Pa1sa( it -ould e
anot#er story of India6s voting against motion to support /ri 0an1a.
;n t#at resolution !,H34 $!nited ,ations Human 3ig#ts 4ouncil2 saidI <T#e /ri
0an1an Government declared victory over t#e reel 0TT: in May &))?( after a conflict
t#at #ad raged on and off for nearly t#ree decades and 1illed t#ousands of people. T#e
final mont#s of t#e conflict #ad generated concerns aout alleged violations of
international #uman rig#ts and #umanitarian la-<.
T#e matter -as un#eard t#en y Indian aut#ority and is still no- in force as resumed
y t#e .r /uramanian /-amy and #is gangs in "%P.
/pea1ing on EIndia under ModiI relevance for t#e region and t#e -orld6( captioned
forum organised y "andaranai1e 4entre for International /tudies in 4olomo on
Monday $ %uly &*st2 #e said India6s foreign policy s#all #encefort# e guided y
national interest and not regional interest.
3eferring to t#e perceived fear aout Tamil ,adu6s role in India6s foreign policy( #e
said t#ere -as no 9Tamil ,adu factor<( adding t#at people of Tamil ,adu #ad
repeatedly demonstrated so in elections. 9I -ould urge Ms. %ayalalit#aa to visit /ri
0an1a and get a reality c#ec1.<
3eferring to t#e meeting .r. /-amy and #is team #ad -it# President Ma#inda
3a8apa1sa earlier on Monday( #e said( 9Ge said let us delin1 Indo-0an1a relations
from Tamil ,adu and prolems of t#e Tamils.< Ho-ever( Mr. /-amy -as >uic1 to add
t#at as a friend #e -ould urge /ri 0an1a to address certain issues of t#e *Ct#
Amendment( -#ic# #e said( remain 9unnecessarily< unresolved. 9If our friends#ip and
interaction develops sufficiently( -e -ill give you ideas on -#at could e done.< T#is
certification for 3a8apa1sa y /-amy must affect t#e politics in India and specially in
Tamil ,adu( to ma1e a deacle for "%P in t#e neFt.
T#e International 4ommunity( 4ivili7ed .emocratic 4ountries li1e 4anada( !/ and :!
are -or1ing #ard to find 8ustice to t#e oppressed( #elpless Hindu Tamils -#o are
under an army occupation in /ri 0an1a( -#ere Hindu Tamil girls J -omen are eing
raped very oftenK Torture( 1illings( arrests are made under draconian PTA la-K Military
presence at t#e ratio of one soldier to every seven civilians $* I =2K More t#an ='H of t#e
military stationed in t#e ,ort# J :ast @ t#e traditional J #istorical #omeland of t#e
Hindu TamilsK Military is forcefully ta1ing a-ay t#e legal lands of t#e Tamils -#ere
t#ey lived for centuriesK Hindu temples are turned into "udd#a /tupas #ere and t#ereK
s#ame on /-amy t#at you are 8ust eye -as#ing us in a ig Hindu name. /#ame( s#ame(
s#ameL
India under Modi6s leaders#ip for Good days $acc#e din ane-ala #ai2 may go opposite
to 4anada( Israel or !/ for a frea1 relation -it# /ri 0an1a( Palestine or Pa1istan( ut
loosing t#e reality out of grip may put t#e ,ation more s#oc1s from t#e neig#oring
countries -it# a ad dividend from invested -rong efforts.
Modi must not ta1e suc# a inconceivale steps to ruin t#e interest of victimi7ed Tamil
Hindu people in /ri 0an1a and India too. "ut t#e managers of Modi in eFternal affairs
s#o-ed t#eir utter incapacity as t#ey failed to ta1e strong and necessary steps in
violation of cease fire( cross order terrorism coming from Pa1istan and 4#ina -it#
order disputes and intrusionsK atrocities on Hindu minorities in "anglades# and
Pa1istanK proper addressing t#e Tamil Hindu plig#t in neig#oring /ri 0an1a and
finally supported Palestinian %i#ad in t#e name of rig#ts violation.
/o t#e >uestion is most pertinentI Is India adopting a pro Islamic and anti Hindu
foreign Policy?
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