Soldier's beheading: Govt cautions against 'jingoism' as BJP demands tough action
Government today cautioned against "jingoism" after the BJP upped the ante on the issue of beheading of an Indian soldier by Pakistani Army along the Line of Control.
"Professional Armies respect rules of engagement. Transgressions are surmounted through tactical responses and not driven by jingoism," Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari said on micro-blogging site Twitter.
His comments came a day after BJP leader Sushma Swaraj said that if Pakistan does not return the head of martyred soldier Hemraj, India should get at least 10 heads from the other side.
After visiting Hemraj's family along with party president Nitin Gadkari and leader Rajnath Singh yesterday, Swaraj had said, "The question is: will we sit without any reaction and engage in a dialogue?... That is why we have said that government should take some tough measures".
"There is absolutely no doubt about the fact that the entire country is outraged about the inhuman manner in which our armed forces personnel have been treated. The government has responded to it by not only expressing its outrage but by defining it as some sort of a turning point," Tewari said.
He said professional armies respect the rules of engagement and aberration to these rules are surmounted through tactical responses.
"The mapping of those tactical responses are best left to professionals. It is advisable that jingoism needs to be avoided," he further said.
Highlights
* There were three ceasefire violations by Pakistan yesterday after the flag meeting: Parnaik.
They fired from small fire arms and also mortar shells: Parnaik
Soldier's beheading: Govt cautions against 'jingoism' as BJP demands tough action
vasoo kamulkar | 15-Jan-2013Reply | Forward Look at the way Salman Khurshid has reprimanded Gen Bikram Singh today. Is this the way one demoralises the C-in-C publicly in front of the enemy? Where are Italian Sonia Maino, Prince Rahul Vinci, Dr Manmohan Singh and unMarked Antony? Why only Foreign Minister is officiating in place of the Defence Minister. If Mark Antony is unable to make a speech in English or Hindi then let him address the Public in sweet-sounding Malayalam? God forbid (Khuda Na Khasta, if you are a secular Hindu) one hopes that the mob of the UPA-US-UK-NATO-VATICAN is not in the midst of signing the MOU to sell Bharat Mata down River Sindhu! Ignore Maneesh Tiwari; He is a Hindu-baiter. He gives two hoots to the security of Hindusthan. He is in the kitchen only to promote himself as a Kissinger; east of Hudson River. When the Pakistan nautanki at the LOC is over and the UPA is voted out in 2014, the little Indo-Pak Kissinger might decide to immigrate to Pakistan with Naznin B.Shaffa. {Part 2 concluded}Soldier's beheading: Govt cautions against 'jingoism' as BJP demands tough action
vasoo kamulkar | 15-Jan-2013Reply | Forward SANAM is right. We make a point of not even remembering the 15th of August. It reminds us not only of our ancestors' lukewarm attitude towards the foreigners whose only agenda was to rob and defile Hindusthaan but also of acute remorse on the deprivation of our second holy river SINDHU and our territory in West Punch Aap {Five Waters} and East Wang Bhoomi. The day also reminds us of the conspiracy to destroy our mother tongue %u2013 the technically oriented SANSKRIT and the only scientific script in the world, the DEVANAAGAREE. {Rashtrabhasha should not be a provincially spoken Hindi but the universally recognised SANSKRIT. If Bharat is our mata then mother%u2019s tongue should be Sanskrit.} Thinking about the present situation, it looks like a plot hatched between the UPA, Pakistan and their henchman, the mighty Obama, who is anxious to get out of Afghanistan and save the return of American body bags. {Part 1}Poloitics of the pit!
Duke Sekhon | 15-Jan-2013Reply | Forward The leader of the Opposition needs to have her head examined for her comment demanding 10 severed enemy heads for one of the native, in the aftermath of the perpetrated barbaric act of enemy soldiers to all outward intent. It's specially disturbing, since the lady in question hopes to head the next government after the elections. As pointed out often enough by good sense, it does not behove senior leaders to indulge in jingoism to heighten passions and disturb internal and external peace in trying to win voters favour by appealing to their baser instincts . No matter which political party or combination of parties are in power, the government would have a very difficult task to handle a situation such as this. The NDA headed by the BJP shouldn't forget that it didn't exactly cover itself in glory when faced with similar situations during its rule in the past. Politicians of all hues should desist from messing up with serious diplomatic matters at all times while trying to assert their nationalism.
politics of the pit
uday | 15-Jan-2013Reply | Forward It is for the BJP leaders to take the 'correct' address ordained by the reader. Please shut up and just join the congress in just 'condemning' in 'strongest terms' and shut up till the next action by enemy soldiers. In this way, you can prove yourself 'national' as advised by the reader.
