nageshks wrote:
Atri-ji,
Not to sound contrarian, but did the syndicate have any vastly different ideas about economic policies or minority appeasement? Morarji was against nationalisation of banks, but apart from that, there was no comprehensive attack on the socialistic thrust that IG spearheaded. As far as I can remember, only the Swatantra Party had a liberal economic policy. Even the Jan Sangh lurched between socialism and liberal economic policies.
And does anyone remember if the Swatantra party had any comprehensive counter to minority appeasement by the Congress?
And why do you think NaMo has vastly different ideas from what PVNR envisioned and ABV carried out? at this moment, no one can afford to go all out like Swatantra party on economic right.. NaMo too will go slowly. His first job on economic front is bringing desh on trajectory that ABV left 10 years ago without overdoing it. Syndicate was more "federal" in structure (something NaMo repeatedly said), than IG. Under syndicate, India would have achieved more federal structure.
What I am worried about more is, whether India under syndicate would have received USSR support against Pakis and USA in 71 war or not? Things are different now, but it is the dilli-billi understanding of DIEnasty-Paki elite, AS elite which is forcing TSP to go easy on India while they are on watch. I time and again draw analogy from Panipat 3.0. I fear people might expel me from here for bringing Panipat everywhere. But it is really a fascinating moment of truth in Indian history. Indian force is forced to fight a two-front war, and until it defeats and finishes off the enemies on both fronts, whatever we (they) hoped to achieve cannot be achieved. Sensing that one is not prepared, Indian force chooses to molly-coddle the resident evil while trying to quarantine it. It successfully does but expends lot of resources and time - much cheaper would have been direct battle to death - but given the operational preparedness of Indian army (then and perhaps now) was in tatters to fight a two-front war forces the polity to compromise and allow the evil to survive.
It really confuses me. Why did not TSP attack India in April or June 1971 when Himalayan passes are open and when China could have pressurized India and India would have forced to fight a three-front war apart from 7th US fleet in IOR?
Any war with TSP is coupled with huge riots inside country, increased Jihadi and Maoist insurgency from Nepal, BD and rest of India, and increased missionary activity and increased chinese deployment on border. The genie is bottled (it is growing stronger within) by connections of dilli-billi who's only worry is to avoid this flare up while they are on the watch - Not on my watch - is the only concern.
Where was Modi then? Where was he when I was being attacked by Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Prakash Javdekar and others?" he said today.