Modi Must Bring About Serious Foreign Policy Change

By  Rajasingham Jayadevan  -

April 6, 2014

Rajasingham Jayadevan

The current Indian parliament (lok Sabah) will end its constitutional term on 14 May 2014. The expectations are, BJP coalition will win comfortably. BJP's Narendra Modi is the Prime Minister in waiting and EXPECTED As seen
to take forward in an outright Way From the Foundation laid for BJP during the Economic upturn Its Last term in Office. 

The demand for change in political direction is much felt, as India remains regionally and internationally a subdued state. Its non-assertive foreign policy is ravaged by its inability to articulate its regional authority. This is boomeranging on India, thus facilitating China to extend its spears without any check and balance. Never in the history of independent India has it been bullied by all of its neighboring states. State of Sri Lanka is taking even the Little fearless comfort and dictating terms to lozenges with teasing On MANY issues-thus after the Indian Fishermen From
abstained voting in the UNHRC. India's foreign policy is in deadlock and it is surely non assertive and submissive.  

India's muted approach is permitting Sri Lanka to enforce its will without any fear - a predicament of an elephant becoming highly allergic to ant venom. Continuation of this unreceptive foreign policy will eventually kill India's stakes, as the fast changing international circumstances will lead to unredeemable consequences.

All the hopes are on the popular BJP leader Narendra Modhi to revive and reignite a commanding Indian foreign policy to assert its stakes in the global politics. BJP's foreign policy based on its nationalist principles is expected to be different to that of the present pathetically weak Congress lead coalition. There is dire need for a change in the policy direction.

The Pakistani Daily in its editorial of 21 January 2014 asserted: "It could be that considering the BJP's candidate for the top slot Narendra Modi's election campaign momentum and his track record in Gujarat .... that could outshine Rahul's political career so far, Sonia decided not to take the plunge, ". Such a binocular view from a country contagious to India speaks volumes of Narendra Modi's chances to become the Prime Minister of India.

The party will also try to focus on states like West Bengal, Kerala, Odisha and in the northeast where it does not have a presence.

When I had a long meeting with Narendra Modi on a five mile drive to the infamous Swaminarayan temple in Neasden in London some years ago, I presented him with a memorandum on the political resolution to the conflict in Sri Lanka. It was a useful engagement and he made his candid comments. The Rajiv Gandhi factor was at peak at that time and he expressed his difficulties in carrying out an outright campaign. But he promised to do whatever within his limits.

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