The Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday said that any country that uses the political situation of another country to serve its own interest weakens itself.
Apparently, referring to the situation in Bangladesh, the SP chief said that world history is a witness that in different countries, violent mass revolutions, military coups, and anti-government movements have taken place against the government for various reasons, right or wrong, depending on the test of the time.
In a post on X, Yadav said in Hindi: “In such a situation, only that country has risen again which has not discriminated against anyone on any ground.”
The former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister did not specifically name any country including Bangladesh or India but, without elaborating, he mentioned the failure of foreign policy.
Learning from history, Yadav asserted, one thing that needs to be specifically highlighted is that history also teaches that any power that uses the political situation of another country to fulfill its own political designs, weakens the country both internally and externally.
Yadav said that it is the duty of every country to protect its citizens. It is also the humane duty of every civilised society to protect every resident and neighbour without any discrimination, he added.
Unilateral interference by any country in the internal matters of another country is not considered appropriate as per the global diplomatic standards, the SP chief asserted. But at the same time, he advocated courageous steps in collaboration with the international community.
He said the government which remains a silent spectator in such a situation should believe that it is the failure of its foreign policy that the conditions in the countries adjacent to it in all directions are neither normal nor favourable for it.
The Kannauj MP said: “This means that from the geopolitical point of view, there has been a grave mistake in its foreign policy.”
In another post on X, Yadav said no community, whether it is the majority of Bangladesh with a different viewpoint or the minority of Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, or any other religion-sect-belief, should become a victim of violence.
“The Indian government should strictly raise this issue at the international level as a matter of protection of human rights. This is also a very sensitive issue of our defense and internal security”, he said in Hindi.