Random Thoughts - Pattabhi Sitaraman

In part 1, I had written about the internal ramifications of the Pulwama attack.  Let us take a look at what are the options before the government of India to retaliate the dastardly terror attack on the CRPF convoy; likely scenario in the backdrop of the Pakistan's prime minister Imran Khan's stated position that they will retaliate if there is any offensive from Indian side. The options before the government of India is very limited.  It is going towards a general election hardly in about two months. The election commission may declare election to the parliament any time within the next thirty days.  The government of the day will only be a care-taker government.  How this will impact the necessary retaliation to the terror attack on the convoy is to be seen.   Delaying the retaliatory strike further will reduce the impact and the foreign governments who had sort of pledged their support for the country to retaliate may rethink their stated position...

Pakistan based Jaish-e-Mohammed had selected a teenager from the valley, brain-washed and trained him to be a suicide bomber to carry out the dastardly attack on the convoy carrying the CRPF people travelling to their camp, in which more than 40 CRPF people were martyred.  Immediately after the attack was publicised, the JeM had owned responsibility for the attack.  From the reports in the media, it is seen that the JeM had imported a terrorist from Afghanistan to train this young Kashmiri to carry out this attack.  Pakistan, through its foreign minister had immediately refuted the claim of India that Pakistan is responsible for this attack.  The minister had gone one step ahead to seek any evidence for linking Pakistan with this attack. The voluminous data and evidences given in the Mumbai attack had not evinced any concrete action against the chief perpetrators as yet.  And Pakistan  is demanding evidence of linkage now in this case.  It is a trave...