Saturday, March 9, 2013

Welcome the guest, but with reservation

Welcoming guest is our culture and tradition; however, the guest may belong to our hostile neighbour. It is our culture, courtesy and tradition to welcome even the enemy when he comes to our door. But at the same time it is not proper to make inference from our welcoming Pak PM Raja Pervez Ashraf that we have forgotten the inhuman act of beheading an Indian soldier, killing another brutally by Pak soldiers and 26/11 Mumbai attack. These tragic incidents are fresh in our mind. And we will try our best to bring the culprits to justice. Pak PM is coming to Ajmer Sharif to offer prayer at the 13 century old dargah of Moinuddin Hasan Chisti. He has offered prayers and sought peace and happiness in Pakistan and the entire world. People from all corners visit and offer prayer there. Most of the heads of government and state of Pakistan have visited Ajmer Sharif and sought to fulfill their wishes and aspirations. Pak PM is following the footstep of his predecessors. All have visited when they are confronted with problems. Raja is also facing the charge of graft and because of the alleged graft charge in Pak Power Project Randal against him he is also known as Raja Randal. This is domestic problem and we have nothing to do with it. He is coming a pilgrimage and being the prime minister of our neighbouring country, he must be facilitated with due respect. External Minister Salman Khurshid has rightly hosted lunch for Pak PM with all respect and humility to maintain the courtesy and tradition of our nation. In the wake of the beheading of an Indian soldier and the brutal killing of another by the Pak Soldiers, the sentiment of all Indians is bruised and hurt. The anger is prevailing over Pak soldiers inhuman act all over the nation. The opposition of the spiritual head of Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti to his visit to Ajmer Sharif embodies and reflects national mood. But as he has come on a pilgrimage and it is his private visit, he should be offered all facilities as were to the other Pakistani dignitaries who had already visited to Ajmer Sharif before him. As far as Pak-sponsored terrorism is concerned, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has already made known to all that until Pak stops sponsoring terrorism, dialogue process can not continue. It means that there will be no talk with Pakistan until it stops promoting terror in India and help normalize relation. This is the right stand taken by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in regard to future talks with Pakistan.

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