The purposeful revisitation of the Gujarat 2002 riots by UK State broadcaster BBC in a documentary intended to politically target Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentions a secret query carried out by a junior diplomat of the UK High Commission in the western state at that time with the inclined report then distributed to EU Envoys in the Capital. It is comprehended that the French Envoy to India at that time apprised the South Block about the hazardous report being flowed amongst the EU diplomats. The secret query was purchased already UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, then an MP from the Mirpuri Muslim-dominated constituency of Blackburn. The then Foreign Secretary Kanwal Sibal cautioned the foreign objectives versus interfering in the internal affairs of India after notifying the then External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh about UK diplomats breaching diplomatic procedure by performing secret questions in Gujarat and flowing anti-India reports to name a few EU envoys. This raises an essential concern of why the federal government permits foreign diplomats a complimentary run throughout their posts in India with the Ministry of External Affairs frequently being kept in the dark. While Indian ambassadors to nations like China and Pakistan are strongly watched by particular intelligence firms with even their interlocutors physically and psychologically bothered to no end, the agents of the very same nations barely have any limitations on them and were feted by the Indian elite not so remote time back. The exact same uses to ambassadors of the UK, United States, Russia and even Germany, who were dealt with at par with Union Cabinet ministers in the past and might quickly stroll into any workplace without notifying the MEA. The reality is that diplomats of India’s enemies are understood to hold choose rundowns to communicate their nationwide interest, an opportunity which is not accorded to Indian ambassadors published in these nations. One need to not forget that a Chinese junior diplomat published as Consul General in Mumbai freely handled then Defence Minister (later on President of India) Pranab Mukherjee at a public conference on his characterization of the 1962 war. While the Indian ambassadors and diplomats in Beijing and Islamabad are typically restricted to their own diplomatic substances instead of risk of intelligence toughies, their equivalents in Delhi were long-term guests to mixer hosted by Delhi elite till a few days ago. In this context, the Pakistan ambassador to India and his junior diplomats were toast of the Left-Liberal elite community of Delhi over Urdu “Shayari”, kebabs and the days passed. It was the exact same dispute resolution environment that favoured a discussion with Pakistan by producing an impression that civilian management in Islamabad was various from the muftis in Rawalpindi GHQ over ties with India. The truth is that both Pakistani civilian and military management have a visceral hatred for India and lose no chance to attempt and pull India down in worldwide online forum with the implied assistance of iron sibling China. It is obvious in Delhi that foreign embassies are in touch with activists and NGOs and more than frequently lobby in their own nationwide interests. The status of P-5 ambassadors in India obviously is absolutely nothing less than that of a Union Cabinet minister with complete security stuff and day-and-night guard. It was not so long ago that ambassadors of United States, UK and China, all of a rank of secretary to the federal government of India, might make political remarks in India with impunity. The Chinese ambassadors to India have actually been wolf warriors in this regard as they welcomed ranking Indian political leaders to provide the PLA variation of the 2017 Doklam crisis. Can an Indian ambassador to Beijing welcome a ranking authorities of Communist Party of China to do the very same on the 2020 East Ladakh aggressiveness? ABOUT THE AUTHOR Author of Indian Mujahideen: The Enemy Within (2011, Hachette) and Himalayan Face-off: Chinese Assertion and Indian Riposte (2014, Hachette). Granted K Subrahmanyam Prize for Strategic Studies in 2015 by Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA) and the 2011 Ben Gurion Prize by Israel. Register for our finest newsletters
Why foreign diplomats end up being wolf warriors in India? – Hindustan Times
