The Indian government had to face some serious questions on the relations between Indian Pakistan in the backdrop of Pathankot terror attacks. These questions were asked while a briefing by some members of the parliament. The question and answers between the two parties were quite frank. A member of the parliament also said that the meeting was good, but did not specify any details about the discussion that took place in the scenario. The Foreign Secretary said that the members of the Parliament Standing Committee on External Affairs gave some briefs on the relation between India and Pakistan in this context under the current political scenario.
On December 29, a former meeting was held of the panel, where the Foreign Secretary was grilled by the members of the committee. They wanted to know the reason for which India could not anticipate the crisis in Nepal. This has certainly taken a huge toll on the ties between the two countries. The committee viewed that the details of such meetings were indeed sensitive, due to which they could not go outside the panel. Otherwise, it might create some impact on the long term strategies. This was expressed by a member following the condition of anonymity.
In a similar way, the meeting of the panel on the status of Indo-Pak relationship deferred the talks into a level of the foreign secretary into a status of near future. According to sources, the member had asked several questions to the foreign secretary on the impact on the attack on Pathankot. They even enquired about the response of Pakistan on the attack. In addition to that, as per
Hindi News Online it was also found that the members of the opposition asked some tough questions regarding the handling of relationship from government with Pakistan.
Political News in Hindi states the issue is undoubtedly sensitive, and in view of this issue the members were strictly asked to maintain a level of confidentiality regarding the discussion. This was claimed by one of the members after the discussion was over. The meeting took place for a long time and after the completion of the meeting, the panel carried out an interaction meeting with Congressional Delegation from the USA. The panel meeting was headed by Shashi Tharoor, a member of the congress. Currently, the committee comprises of 29 members. 21 members come from Lok Sabha, while 8 members come from the Rajya Sabha. There are two vacancies from each house.
Now the question arises is that after the atrocious attack, will the politics drive the ties of India and Pakistan back again within just a week of Modi’s visit to Pakistan, the terrible incident occurred. The hug between Modi and Nawaj Sharif was replaced by the frustration because the relation between India and Pakistan had come to full circle once again. On the advent of the new year, there were some hopes of some reconciliation and dialogue, but there is no a great deal of uncertainty. In the past 18 months, Modi had tried several methods to deal with Pakistan, but India is back to the starting line once again.
