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2014.
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| Summary/Abstract |
It is relevant to recall the background to Pakistan's move to introduce this resolution. India was in a very difficult situation at the time. Kashmir was in flames due to a strong militant movement aided and abetted by Pakistan. Confrontation between the security forces and militants was an all too frequent occurrence. Moreover, India was far from being a rising power as is the case today. It had a minority government fighting for survival, hard put to address a myriad of serious problems like the demolition of the Babri Masjid and the subsequent Mumbai riots with an economy on the brink of bankruptcy. You would remember that a couple of years earlier, we had to mortgage gold to keep our economy afloat and India's diplomatic standing was, perhaps, at its lowest ever at that point in time. With hindsight, it is obvious that Pakistan had orchestrated its move to mount a resolution against us on Kashmir in tandem with its promotion of militancy there, so as to internationalise the issue and push us to the corner at a time when we were at our weakest.
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