Dawn columnist questions India’s role in BRICS and SCO
Pakistani outlet Dawn published a column by its Delhi correspondent Javed Naqvi, in which he raised the question of whether India could be a weak link in BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. The author linked the issue to the BRICS summit, which Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is, according to him, due to host later in September.
Foreign policy assessments
Naqvi believes that India’s foreign policy is largely shaped by the ruling elites’ desire to consolidate the state on the basis of Hindu nationalist ideology, as well as by the interests of major business groups close to Modi’s government. As an example, the author mentioned the Adani case in the United States and suggested that it demonstrated India’s vulnerability in relations with the West.
The columnist also expressed the view that China and Russia, the aggressor state, may be concerned about the ties of Hindutva supporters with Western countries. At the same time, in Naqvi’s assessment, Moscow attaches great importance to New Delhi’s participation in BRICS and the SCO amid these formats’ confrontation with the US dollar and supporters of a unipolar world.
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Meeting in Bishkek
The author mentioned Modi’s meeting with Vladimir Putin in Bishkek, which, according to his account, took place a week earlier. According to Naqvi, the Indian prime minister called on the Russian leader to end the war against Ukraine so that the world could live in peace and prosperity, and spoke of the need to move from endless war to ending it.
Naqvi offered his own explanation of the causes of the Russian-Ukrainian war, placing responsibility for its start on the United States and European countries. At the same time, Russia is conducting armed aggression against Ukraine. The columnist also drew attention to tense relations between India and Pakistan after their armed confrontation in May of the previous year and believes that hostility toward Pakistan is a component of Hindutva’s domestic policy.
In Naqvi’s opinion, Modi seeks to secure for himself an international image as a politician who continues the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi, Gautama Buddha and Jawaharlal Nehru. The column’s author critically assessed the Indian government’s domestic policy and its relations with Western states.
