Singh watched meekly as the hawks controlling the levers of power interpreted his “sterling peace initiative” to convey an entirely opposite meaning. They said that the talk just begun due to international pressure would not get “meaningful” enough unless Islamabad acted to tackle anti-India terrorism! A dreary statement drafted by an Indian Foreign Service babu maintained the well-known confusing note: “For the present, we have agreed that the Foreign Secretaries will meet as often as necessary and report to the two Foreign Ministers. (But) the starting point of any “meaningful dialogue” with Pakistan is a fulfillment of its commitment, in letter and spirit, to not allow its territory to be used in any manner for terrorist activities against India.”
Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor, once an aspirant for the post of UN Secretary General to boot, showed his 'capability’ to dish out lots of jargon. The diplomat implied that sticking to one's word was just foolishness indulged by King Dashrat and Bhishma of Ramayana and Mahabharata in their days! The self-styled Machiavelli elaborated that there was a vast difference between telling, commenting, statement, agreement, contract, summit declarations, treaties and there is no need to stick to one’s words!
The PM apparently wanted to exhibit his loyalty, his manipulators, realising that he does not command popular support to become even a small-town corporator on his own standing, leave alone the PM's post. Singh put the peace initiative in jeopardy once again by sounding a warning that Pakistan based terror groups were planning fresh attacks on India. He said his government had "credible information" in this regard. This was not at some empty media event but at a conference on internal security attended by State chief ministers. That made it no less than a threat to mount a war on Pakistan. After all, it is a time-tested measure by governments in New Delhi to escape accountability for disastrous performance on the economic front and law and order situation.
In a statement intended for international diplomatic community’s consumption, it said: “In all sincerity, we would request India to share information they have and for our part we stand ready to cooperate fully in pre-empting any act of terror.”
The Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan Sharat Sabharwal had to go on the defensive when he asserted that India has already provided to Pakistan solid proof of possible terror attacks being staged on it from the neighbour. The IFS mandarin told the media that the terrorists who executed it belonged to Pakistan and proof of this had been provided to Islamabad. He went on: “Terrorists living on Pakistani soil are posing a serious threat to India and it is the responsibility of the Pakistani government to eliminate it.” The worthy forgot that courts in that country are not as pliable as ones in the world's greatest democracy. They do not permit to put anyone indefinitely in jail to serve politicians' interests. The “evidence” provided by blundering Indian agencies in four installments over seven months is not acceptable as “credible” to the independent judiciary there.
External Affairs Minister SM Krishna too was at the receiving end when asked about his Prime Minister's remarks about Pakistan-based terrorists plotting attacks against India. He could only say: “The Prime Minister has made his position clear,” without answering the demands from Islamabad. Krishna however ridiculed Singh's agreement to “share real-time information on terror threats.” The greenhorn foreign minister awkwardly explained,“Unless visible and credible action is taken against the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks, it will be extremely difficult to hold any meaningful talks with Pakistan.”
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