The Counterviews; 1-30 April 2022; Issue 4:04

UNHRC credibility is at high stakes owing to the partisan reporting by the Amnesty groups in the two nations. While India is a vibrant democracy, Paki Amnesty reporters are scared lot, threatened by state-sponsored terrorists & Jihadists, unwilling to report the Rights violations. The worst, UNHRC takes all these reports at its face value. UNHRC biases are also evident when it fails to investigate the religious persecutions and vanishing religious minorities in the Islamic nations.

USA doesn’t deserve full Indian trust as yet. They cannot be trusted to come to India's assistance in case some dire situations develop at the UNSC or other international fora, contrary to what Russia has been doing. This is possibly the one single reason why Indian Govt is justifiably maintaining a neutral stand while choosing between Russia and the EU/NATO/USA or their allies.

Nitish ji may be regarded as Bhishma-Pitamah of Bihar politics by historians but a dead horse today. It is his and the two ruling political parties (JDU and BJP) president’s responsibilities to find a suitable person having an optimal mix of all traits of a bright and successful CM, groom him while he is still in power and then vacate his chair for him.

In summary, it could be concluded that EU, NATO and Russia have started a very ugly game of supremacy in the region in which Ukraine is the battle-chessboard. EU & NATO will be pleased to keep this battlefield active in the Russian backyard. Mr Zelensky is behaving like a political naïve, turning his country to the ruins and its civilians to the risks of death. There is also a grave risk of conflagration of the conflict into World war if NATO tries to assist.

Saving the lives of the civilians and protecting the smaller & weaker member States from being decimated by the mightier should be the first priority of the UNSC. Behaviours of the P5 in the past many decades have been atrocious and unacceptable. Please do come to the defence of the defenceless now and hereafter. The credibility of the UN and UNSC is at a very high stake now than ever before. The UNSC has failed the world and urgently needs to be reformed or dissolved. Please do listen to the cries of the weak before it becomes too late.

It is difficult to say if India can rely solely on the US for its security concerns…be it against the expansionist China, the terrorist threats of Pak & Afghanistan or Indian interests in Chabahar port of Iran. The ever increasing Chinese influence in the Indian neighbourhood of Myanmar, Hambantota, Gwadar or beyond are worrisome. Whether Quad is able to alleviate some concerns at least, Indian dilemma continues.

किसानों के अधिकार की बात करने वाले, किसानों के साथ धरने पर बैठ कर मोदी को कोसने वाले खेजड़ीवाल, कपास के उचित मूल्यों की माँग के लिए धरना देने वाले किसानों को कितनी बेदर्दी से पुलिस से पिटवा रहे हैं। क्या धूर्तता से परिपूर्ण गिरगिटी चाल चलने वाला, साँप से भी ज्यादा विषैला "आप पार्टी" के मार्गदर्शक खेजड़ीवाल पंजबियों का कुछ भला करेंगे या अपने तोंद भरते जाएँगे? ऐसे रंगबदलू नेता तो जिहादियों एवं देश के दुश्मनों से भी ज्यादा खतरनाक हैं।

दोष तो क्रोधी ऋषियों का भी बनता है जिनके श्रापों के कारण विभिन्न प्रकार के भयंकर-भयंकर राक्षस इस देव-भूमि आर्यावर्त में अबोध मनुष्यों साधु-संतों का नरसंहार करने तथा स्त्रियों की मान-मर्यादा का सर्वनाश करने के लिए पैदा होकर पसर गए हैं।

अनेकों आपराधिक कार्य, पुलिस की नजरें बचा कर,बुर्के ही आड़ में पहचान छुपा कर, किये जाते हैं। सतर्कता से देखें तो पायेंगे कि बुर्का नसीन अपराधी पुलिस को आसानी से गुमराह करते हैं जिस पर पाबंदी आवश्यक है। जाने कितने आतंकी, नशे एवं स्वर्ण-तस्कर अवैध सामग्री, हथियारों तथा बॉम्ब के तस्करी करते हुए बुर्का-पहनावे में पकड़े गए हैं। हाल ही में श्रीनगर में बुर्के में छुपा लाये गए बॉम्ब को सीमा-सुरक्षा बल के जवानों पर फेंकते हुए आतंकी गिरफ्तार किये गए हैं।

जीवन कितना क्षणभंगुर है,
यूक्रेन-रूस है बता रहा,
जो कल तक यहाँ चहकते थे,
है आज शहर निर्जीव बना।