India should draw lesson from situation in Pakistan: Karat

India should draw a lesson from the situation in Pakistan, which ‘compromised’ its foreign policy for an alliance with the US, the CPM said and observed that siding with America could be ‘harmful’ for national sovereignty.

India should draw a lesson from the situation in Pakistan, which ‘compromised’ its foreign policy for an alliance with the US, the CPM said and observed that siding with America could be ‘harmful’ for national sovereignty.

“Those who feel that US imperialism cannot be a threat to a country like India, should look at the situation in Pakistan now when American officials are hinting at a change in the ruling establishment in Islamabad, party general secretary Prakash Karat said at a function to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the October Revolution in Russia.

Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s pro-US policies have made him so unpopular that he is now left with no option other than imposing emergency and suspending the Constitution, he said.

Karat said Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s remarks that the US was ‘not putting all our chips’ on Musharraf indicated that the Pakistani ruler, who was the strongest American ally in its fight against terror, could be ‘dispensable’.

“It is a signal from the US that Musharraf could be removed, this is what happens when you compromise with your national sovereignty,” he said.

Observing that American diplomats were holding consultations with ‘big parties’ in India to pressurise them on the nuclear deal, Karat said, “we are not worried because the democratic forces in the country are strong”, though several ‘compromises’ were made by the erstwhile Atal Behari Vajpayee government with the US.