What Indira Gandhi did in 1971 were:
- She allowed the refugees to take shelter in India.
- She allowed the Bengali young refugees to take training on Indian soil.
- She allowed the former PA/EPR Bengali troops to lead attacks by the Mukti Fouj from Indian soil to dent the morale of the PA troops.
- She waited for December to create a situation before declaring war on Pakistan. The Himalayan terrain is under 15 m snow in December and China could not come to rescue the PA troops.
- IA troops took over east Pakistan with the direct assistance from the Liberation Army.
This is the short history of 1971. I wonder, how it is possible for BD to follow her footsteps when the Rohingya situation is so different?
- Rohingya population is too low at around 1.7 million, not enough to start fighting.
- About 1 million people have taken shelter in BD without giving any resistance to MA troops. The remaining 700,000 people are certainly too small a population to initiate any effective resistance. They all will be wiped out in a day if concerted action is taken by the MA troops.
So, Indira Gandhi policy cannot be applied to Rohingya issue. I believe it is the other group of Arakanese the GoB can rely on. They are AA troops composed of Buddhists. Clandestine support for them will not cause any international hue and cry because they are not Muslims. Some kind of assistance from some unknown quarters have already caused AA to strengthen its position vis-a-vis MA troops. We have to find out who are these unknown quarters.
- She allowed the refugees to take shelter in India.
- She allowed the Bengali young refugees to take training on Indian soil.
- She allowed the former PA/EPR Bengali troops to lead attacks by the Mukti Fouj from Indian soil to dent the morale of the PA troops.
- She waited for December to create a situation before declaring war on Pakistan. The Himalayan terrain is under 15 m snow in December and China could not come to rescue the PA troops.
- IA troops took over east Pakistan with the direct assistance from the Liberation Army.
This is the short history of 1971. I wonder, how it is possible for BD to follow her footsteps when the Rohingya situation is so different?
- Rohingya population is too low at around 1.7 million, not enough to start fighting.
- About 1 million people have taken shelter in BD without giving any resistance to MA troops. The remaining 700,000 people are certainly too small a population to initiate any effective resistance. They all will be wiped out in a day if concerted action is taken by the MA troops.
So, Indira Gandhi policy cannot be applied to Rohingya issue. I believe it is the other group of Arakanese the GoB can rely on. They are AA troops composed of Buddhists. Clandestine support for them will not cause any international hue and cry because they are not Muslims. Some kind of assistance from some unknown quarters have already caused AA to strengthen its position vis-a-vis MA troops. We have to find out who are these unknown quarters.
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