Let's break India into 20 to 30 states: Chinese strategist

New Delhi, August 11:

Quite contrary to the conclusion of the recent India-China border talks, a Chinese strategist asserted that India should be broken into 20 to 30 independent states with the help of the ‘friendly countries’ like Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan.

This was suggested in his article ‘If China takes little action the so called great Indian Federation can be broken up’, which was published on the new edition of the website of the China International Institute of Strategic studies (CIISS), an influential think tank which advices Bejing on global strategic issues.

In his article which is likely to create ripples in the masses and classes of India, the Chinese strategist Zhan Lue argues that India could only be termed a ‘Hindu religious state’ that is based on caste exploitation and which is coming in the way of modernisation.

The article recommends India's break up into many nation-states like in Europe and contends that if the consciousness of ‘nationalities’ in India could be aroused, social reforms in South Asia can be achieved, the caste system can be eradicated and the region can march towards prosperity. The author further says that with these caste cleavages in mind, China in its own interest and the progress of whole of Asia should join forces with ‘different nationalities’ like Assamese, Tamils and Kashmiris and support them in establishing independent nation states of their own.

The article calls on Beijing to support the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA), a militant separatist group in the Indian northeast, to achieve independence for Assam from India and also assist Bangladesh to encourage ethnic Bengalis to get rid of ‘Indian control’.

Division of India would be desirable for the purpose of weakening India's expansion and threat aimed at forming a ‘unified South Asia’, the article asserts.

Although the Chinese diplomatic clan has showcased healthy relationship building between the two nuclear armed nations, its influential institutions continue to suggest policies which are meant to hamper India’s progress.

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