Non-alignment ... was itself a faction.

Non-alignment ... was itself a faction.

 

 Yes, go beyond the words, which are used in diplomacy to hide the reality, not to tell the truth. In the name of non-alignment, Nehru had united 100 countries. Due to this, India used to play in bigger leagues than its weight.

 This is called a masterstroke.

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 Yes. The country was enslaved for 200 years, which in 1947 was zero decimal few percent of the world's GDP. Which was not an economic superpower, which was not an industrial power, was not a military power, was not a super power, was not a regional power, was not a nuclear power, was not a veto power why suddenly became important on the world scene.

 In fact, Nehru had become important. Membership in the Security Council, even unofficial offers to join the Security Council, started coming in five years after independence. Be it Vietnam, Korea, Suez... India was leading the UN mission in every global conflict. (Well, actually Krishna Menon was leading)

 The Nehru-Krishna Menon alliance was creating the same ruckus on the world stage, which today you see in domestic politics on a small scale, the Modi-Shah alliance. (Sorry, very poor comparison, just explaining. Nehru-Menon I'm sorry)

 Where did this third world country, or say Nehru-Menon, get this power coming from, which is going through the phase of the other's faking. Was it such a Chyawanprash, eating it, he was stepping into the featherweight, heavyweight league. Have you ever asked yourself this question???

 The answer is - this Tehreek was a non-aligned one.

 Which was actually a faction itself.

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 By the Bandung Conference 120 countries had joined Nehru's "Non-Aligned" bloc. It was a bloc of elites against the poor, allied with the US and Russia. These were 120 votes among 180 UN members, which could turn the game, spoil the game. Could make games.

 Marshal Tito used to touch Eastern Europe, Nasser the Arab world, and Nehru also the two superpowers including Asia. And remember Nehru was not an idiot who, like Trump, fed the bull, namaste, keep raising... but could not plow when the time came.

 Remember Goa???? Remember Kuwait too. Saddam conquered Kuwait, not recognized, had to leave. Kuwait is still a free country.

 Occupied Portugal in India by military attack (yes, the citizens of Goa had full-fledged Portuguese citizenship) and then the opposition of Portugal in the UN, India's proposal to vacate Goa was dropped. Did the US, Russia, France, Britain, or China veto? The powers of Europe supported Portugal? No.

 Nehru plowed all the bulls in his yoke. Goa was recognized as a part of India. Neither Sardar Patel nor Manekshaw..... Goa is Nehru's undisputed gift.

 And secularism?? Leave it too. We used to get wheat from America, we used to get factories set up from Russia. In 62, we got from the US to the Navy Fleet, which had moved towards the Bay of Bengal to taste China.

 It was news that China slipped through the narrow alley, unilaterally vacated the areas won by ceasefire.

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 After Nehru, this non-aligned faction was kept alive. But do you remember that in 71, with the open support and weapons of Russia, we broke Pakistan, got the new country recognized. This non-aligned faction continued to drag till the Rajiv era.

 But the adamant, eager to detonate the nuclear bomb made during the Narasimha Rao era, did not have the pulp to bear the price of this haste. After sweating from sanctions after the Test, Atal began appearing in the US court.

 Argued to the country that non-alignment is a useless thing in the post-cold war era. That is, there are hundred and fifty countries under your banner, and leaving them to be the Tehsildar of America is a matter of great smartness.

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 The blunders that Atal made in the case of Tibet and Pakistan, thankfully, he lost 2004. Manmohan once again engaged both the US and Russia, but also tried to feed the non-aligned bloc. In 2012, the Summit of Non-Aligned Countries was held in Tehran.

 The same Tehran, which was giving you cheap oil in rupees not in dollars…., who gifted the corridor from Chabahar to Afghanistan. It is Tehran that has now thrown you out of Chabahar.

 You have been thrown from Afghanistan. Nepal is showing its eyes. Arab, South Asian, East Asian friends are sitting in China's lap.

 After describing yourself as Industrial Power, Military Power, Super Power, Regional Power, Nuclear Power, Sports Power, Spiderman, Ironman, Batman in Mann Ki Baat, you don't have a lot of questions. know why ???

 Because you are not non-aligned. Beyond words, non-alignment ... was itself a faction.

 That was "your" faction in the world.