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Akhilesh Sinha

25 June 2025 at 2:53:54 pm

India's multi-align diplomacy triumphs

New Delhi: West Asia has transformed into a battlefield rained by fireballs. Seas or land, everywhere echoes the roar of cataclysmic explosions, flickering flames, and swirling smoke clouds. et amid such adversity, Indian ships boldly waving the Tricolour navigate the strait undeterred, entering the Arabian Sea. More remarkably, Iran has sealed its airspace to global flights but opened it for the safe evacuation of Indians.   This scene evokes Prime Minister Narendra Modi's memorable 2014...

India's multi-align diplomacy triumphs

New Delhi: West Asia has transformed into a battlefield rained by fireballs. Seas or land, everywhere echoes the roar of cataclysmic explosions, flickering flames, and swirling smoke clouds. et amid such adversity, Indian ships boldly waving the Tricolour navigate the strait undeterred, entering the Arabian Sea. More remarkably, Iran has sealed its airspace to global flights but opened it for the safe evacuation of Indians.   This scene evokes Prime Minister Narendra Modi's memorable 2014 interview. He stated that "there was a time when we counted waves from the shore; now the time has come to take the helm and plunge into the ocean ourselves."   In a world racing toward conflict, Modi has proven India's foreign policy ranks among the world's finest. Guided by 'Nation First' and prioritising Indian safety and interests, it steadfastly embodies  'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam' , the world as one family.   Policy Shines Modi's foreign policy shines with such clarity and patience that even as war flames engulf West Asian nations, Indians studying and working there return home safe. In just 13 days, nearly 100,000 were evacuated from Gulf war zones, mostly by air, some via Armenia by road. PM Modi talked with Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian to secure Iran's airspace for the safe evacuation of Indians, a privilege denied to any other nation. Additionally, clearance was granted for Indian ships carrying crude oil and LPG to pass safely through the Hormuz Strait. No other country's vessels are navigating these waters, except for those of Iran's ally, China. The same strategy worked in the Ukraine-Russia war: talks with both presidents ensured safe corridors, repatriating over 23,000 students and businessmen. Iran, Israel, or America, all know India deems terrorism or war unjustifiable at any cost. PM Modi amplified anti-terror campaigns from UN to global platforms, earning open support from many nations.   Global Powerhouse Bolstered by robust foreign policy and economic foresight, India emerges as a global powerhouse, undeterred by tariff hurdles. Modi's adept diplomacy yields notable successes. Contrast this with Nehru's era: wedded to Non-Aligned Movement, he watched NAM member China seize vast Ladakh territory in war. Today, Modi's government signals clearly, India honors friends, spares no foes. Abandoning non-alignment, it embraces multi-alignment: respecting sovereignties while prioritizing human welfare and progress. The world shifts from unipolar or bipolar to multipolar dynamics.   Modi's policy hallmark is that India seal defense deals like the S-400 and others with Russia yet sustains US friendship. America bestows Legion of Merit; Russia, its highest civilian honor, Order of St. Andrew the Apostle. India nurtures ties with Israel, Palestine, Iran via bilateral talks. Saudi Arabia stands shoulder-to-shoulder across fronts; UAE trade exceeds $80 billion. UN's top environment award, UNEP Champions of the Earth, graces India, unlike past when foreign nations campaigned against us on ecological pretexts.   This policy's triumph roots in economic empowerment. India now ranks the world's fourth-largest economy, poised for third in 1-2 years. The 2000s dubbed it 'fragile'; then-PM economist Dr. Manmohan Singh led. Yet  'Modinomics'  prevailed. As COVID crippled supply chains, recession loomed, inflation soared and growth plunged in developed countries,  Modinomics  made India the 'bright star.' Inflation stayed controlled, growth above 6.2 per cent. IMF Chief Economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas praised it, advising the world to learn from India.

RSS vetoes Amit Shah's elevation 

Mumbai: The BJP is unlikely to get its National President anytime soon as the RSS has refused to budge and has vetoed the elevation of Amit Shah or his favorites in the party, sources have said.


Top RSS office bearers had a closed-door meeting at the organisation's headquarters at Reshimbag in Nagpur over the weekend. Apart from organisational issues and issues related to preparations of the centenary celebrations, the top brass discussed issues related to proposed changes in the union cabinet, BJP national president's election, Vice President's election and the desired changes in the BJP organisation.


The key take away from the deliberations was that henceforth all the major appointments in the BJP or the government will have to get a clearance from the RSS. It was also decided that the BJP will have to mould the party organisation on the lines of other Parivar member organisations wherein the decision-making is democratic and organisation-centric rather than autocratic and personality-centric, said the sources.

 

Organisation supreme

During the expansion-mode of the party several elements have creeped in in the party who are not used to the democratic and organization-centric processes, the RSS high command observed and opined that desired character in the organisation will have to be built from the grassroots to the top.


While expressing full confidence in the leadership of and support to PM Narendra Modi, the RSS high command is also said to have vetoed the elevation of Amit Shah or his favorites in the party.

 

The sources described this stand off as the "war of nerves" between the RSS high command and the BJP top brass and added that the RSS high command has indicated that it is in no hurry and that it is unlikely to budge.

 

Dhankhar, the trigger

The tough stand of the RSS high command is said to have been triggered by the recent resignation of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, a turn coat. The high command was also not very pleased with the outcome of the party's experiments with Satyapal Malik, who was made the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir. Due to such unpleasant experiences, it has now been decided that at least the statutory posts would go only to those who are firmly rooted in the RSS-ideology and way of functioning.

 

According to the RSS top brass, since the government under the BJP at the centre doesn't face any significant immediate threat, the period needs to be utilised as the consolidation phase wherein ideological purity should be given primacy over the political astuteness while electing the key individuals within the party and the government. However, it was also made clear that the BJP will have to carry out the whole process.

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