On a TV debate recently, BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi on being asked why video evidence of surgical strikes was not being released to counter Pakistan’s accusation that no strikes took place, bluntly said, “To hell with the Pakistani people.” Earlier defence minister Manohar Parikkar declared, “Pakistan is hell.” Other BJP ministers like Giriraj Singh have periodically suggested that “anti-national” Indians be packed off to Pakistan. For a large section of BJP and Sangh Parivar, there is no sane civil society in Pakistan, the country is a Hindu nightmare of terrorists and bearded mullahs.
Contrast this with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s far-sighted speech at Kozhikode where he called on Pakistan for a war against poverty and unemployment or with his speech at Read More
