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To: JPR who wrote (11965)	4/22/2002 2:18:43 PM
From: sea_biscuit	Respond to of 12475

How difficult would it be for the BJP et al, to pass a legislation that bars people who weren't born in India from running for any political office? Not so difficult at all. So, why wouldn't they enact such a legislation into law? Because the right-wing wants to use it as a "hot-button" issue. Every time there is an election, it is pulled out of the closet, dusted and brought out into the open, and the so-called educated folks like JPR will once again start yapping about the need to bar people of foreign origin from becoming the PM or whatever. It is the same with Uniform Civil Code or family-planning programs too. Both are "wedge" issues that will get out of the picture if legislated. But they won't be. In the meantime the country will be going to dogs, but JPR and his ilk are regularly fed with hatred, so they don't mind it.

To: JPR who wrote (11965)	4/22/2002 7:08:01 PM
From: JPR	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12475

Pakistan says US is encouraging Indian aggression AFP Islamabad, April 22 Pakistan said Monday the sale of US radars to India would encourage New Delhi's "belligerence" amid the nuclear neighbours' ongoing standoff over Kashmir. Foreign office spokesman Aziz Ahmed Khan said last week's 146-million-dollar deal was unhelpful at a time when hundreds of thousands of troops are poised for battle on both sides of the border. "It will encourage India to more belligerence," he told a press briefing. "As it is they have deployed their troops along the border. We think that anything more that adds to India's arsenal is only used in prompting it to intimidating postures." India's army chief General Sundarajan Padmanabhan was due to begin a week-long visit to the United States Monday to cement warming military ties.