EXTERNAL THREAT UNIFIES THE COUNTRY BUT INTERNAL THREAT?
Most of us Verdurians remember how the Country stood behind the soldiers as a strong wall during the trying times of 1962 war with China, 1965 war with Pakistan and again 1971 war with Pakistan. Irrespective of the results, bad and good both, the whole populace beyond cast and creed cheered the Army Jawans at the Railway stations while being transported to the fronts. Women were present with Rakhies, flowers, and sweets and vermilion to greet the soldiers and wish them luck. People opened their vaults and donated wholeheartedly to the Prime Minister’s Fund. Blackouts were religiously observed. There were long queues to enlist in the Army.
Fortunately the Country has not faced such external threat since then, barring a few disquiet moments on the borders.
The country however is faced with a bigger internal threat in the form of Maoists and several such so called political outfits in different forms that may break the basic thread of the nation. This is addition to terrorist’s threats engineered by our neighboring country. The country seems to be divided over the issue of the internal threat.
More than sixty districts in Bengal, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orrissa and Andhra Pradesh are affected with daily dose of violence in the tribal areas and spreading. The Prime Minister thinks this threat is more dangerous than the external threats and rightly so because here our forces Police and Army have to fight with our own people. Political Parties have different take depending upon the vote bank.
The Nation is not united on the issue of fighting these misguided elements who refuse to come to the negotiation table unless the Government meets their conditions.
Unless the Country as whole has a common approach on the issue we are going to watch more bloodshed.
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