Senior Congress leader and former union minister Prof SaifuddinSoz on Saturday said that voices from within the national security system of India and Pakistan have made it clear that war is no option and peace is the only pursuit which both the countries could explore.
In a statement here Soz said, “Be it India’s General Hooda and General Naravane or Pakistan’s National Security Advisor, Nasir Janjua, they constitute a grouping of eminent personalities with ideas. Please be sure, that it is ideas alone that have moved the world, in the past.”
He said, “These men of ideas, among many others, have been consistent for years that India and Pakistan have finally to settle for peace in the larger interests of their nationhood.”
“Let us offer three cheers for these great people with ideas that can move India and Pakistan towards an abiding peace,” he said.
Referring to the statement of general officer commanding General M MNaravane that a “lasting and purposeful cease-fire at the borders can be best obtained through statesmanship and not by brinkmanship,” Soz said that General Naravane has warned Indian leadership that India should not exploit the weaknesses in Pakistan’s system of governance in which Army plays an upper hand and should keep an eye on its own constitutional commitments and the need of adopting the process of understanding with Pakistan through dialogue and discussion.
General Naravane, Soz said, has also lamented on the growing trend of radicalization and intolerance within India’s own society over mundane issues.
“As for Brinkmanship, the latest is that SuhasPalshikar, an eminent scholar has raised an alarm that the General is raising controversies all around. The crux of SuhasPalshikar’s article is that brinkmanship will never work and it will create difficulties with all our neighbours,” Soz added. GKNN