EP.850: Delhi Riots: BJP, Modi Putting India Under Cascading Communal Pressure!-Vijay Prashad

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Director of the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research Vijay Prashad. He discusses US President Donald Trump's visit to India, what the arms deals between Trump and Narendra Modi means, whether Washington is trying to impose colonial domination on India, the Delhi Riots and why the BJP and Modi are to blame for the riots that took place which saw violence between Hindus and Muslims, the Citizenship Amendment Act, Julian Assange's extradition trial and more! Next, we speak to Professor Seyed Mohammad Marandi of the University of Tehran, from Syria's M5 Highway in Aleppo. He discusses the Syrian Arab Army's recent successes in Aleppo and Idlib, why the US and Western Europe want to see Syria weak and divided, the White Helmets' alleged relationship with Al-Qaeda and more! Finally, we speak to investigative journalist Greg Palast about alleged voter suppression and vote rigging in the United States. He discusses how millions of voters, primarily of colour have been purged off of voter rolls, the necessity of voter suppression for victory for Trump and the Republicans, partisan control of elections, the obstacles Bernie Sanders faces from the Democratic Party in allowing people to vote and more!

STATEMENT FROM THE PAKISTANI HIGH COMMISSIONER TO THE UK, NAFEES ZAKARIA:

Afghanistan is in turmoil for the last 40 years due to watershed events of 1979 and 9-11. Afghan people have suffered immensely and continue to suffer. Three generations have missed out on education, million lives have been lost, infrastructure has been completely devastated and millions of Afghans have been displaced. It is a pity that some people are still thinking of playing political games in Afghanistan and are completely oblivious of and apathetic towards Afghans’ sufferings. Countries should be working towards bringing peace to Afghanistan rather than using the war torn country to cause instability in the region.

Pakistan has been hosting, initially 6 million of them during 80s. Even today, more than 3 million Afghan Refugees live in Pakistan. We are hosting them for four decades for the sake of humanity and they being from a neighbouring country with which we share 2600 kilometres long and porous border. Tens of thousands of Afghan nationals cross border to visit Pakistan every day for a variety of reasons. Anything that happens in Afghanistan, good or bad, has direct bearing on the situation in Pakistan. Security of Afghanistan is intrinsically linked to the security in Pakistan.

We sincerely want to see peace in Afghanistan for Afghans. Pakistan has been playing a constructive role to that end unlike our neighbour, which remains engaged in intrigues and anti-Pakistan propaganda to spread hatred and venom, and uses Afghan soil to finance terrorism in Pakistan. Statement of Mr. Chuck Hagel, confessions of Commander Kulbhushan Jadhav and voluntary revelation by Mr. Ehsanullah Ehsan, the ex-spokesman of TTP and Jamaat ul Ahrar are testimonies of Indian involvement in perpetrating terrorism in Pakistan from Afghanistan.