Prime Minister in Waiting

Rahul Gandhi, heir-to-the-throne, is a reclusive figure. He doesn’t give interviews. What are his views on different issues? What does he believe should be India’s priorities? How he intended to solve any of our problems? No idea.

And now we get a hint about the man’s views, thanks to the WikiLeaks cables. He believes “radicalized Hindu groups” pose a greater threat to India than even LeT. And yes, he made this statement in 2009, i.e., after the 26/11 attacks.

So let’s look at what Rahul Gandhi is really saying here. In terms of body count, did the 26/11 attacks kill more people than any other terrorist attack or religious riot in India? Obviously not: many religious riots have killed far more people. On the other hand, did any of those riots push India (even slightly) towards war with Pakistan? Of course not. But hey, to Rahul Gandhi, the prospect of a terrorist group pushing 2 nuclear armed countries towards war is less scary than those Hindu groups. Now at least we know how brave the guy is: he is not even scared of nuclear war!

Thanks to the leaks, we also understand Rahul Gandhi’s definition of the term “secularism” now. He and his party object to associating a religion with terrorism. So he used to say that don’t refer to it as “Islamic terrorism”. But Hinduism is not a religion to Mr.Gandhi. Otherwise, why would he refer to other terrorists via their religion (Hinduism)? So we learn that Hinduism is not a religion to Rahul Gandhi.

We also now understand how much this man cares about our nation’s security. He believes all threats are internal, none are external. After all, Rahul Gandhi couldn’t be saying anything good about the LeT (even if only be comparison) just for votes. Last I heard, the LeT cadres don’t have voting rights in India. Besides, he said it in private to an American diplomat and couldn’t have known it would ever get leaked, could he? Which leaves us with the only explanation that Rahul Gandhi genuinely believes what he said.

And we can now also gauge where things are headed. Since the king-to-be doesn’t believe LeT is a major threat to this country, and even goes around saying the same thing to the Americans, we can stop expecting any other country to pressurize Pakistan into reining in terrorist groups.

Extrapolating from all this, I guess, Mr.Gandhi, your first act after becoming PM would be to release Ajmal Kasab? With full apologies, of course. And while you’re at it, I am sure you would want to pay Pakistan damages running into trillions of dollars for defamation?

Yes, India does have a very bright future indeed!


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