Pakistani terrorists attacking Indian armed forces is ‘comprehensible’, Hindus are outsiders in India: Ashutosh Varshney to Pakistani YouTuber

Leftist professor Ashutosh Varshney has appeared not too long ago on a Pakistani YouTube channel to debate India-Pakistan and India-USA ties. In an hour-long dialogue with Pakistani YouTuber Wajahat S Khan, Varshney has made some deeply problematic statements and has even tried to hawk debunked, discarded theories peddled by Leftist historians for many years.

The dialogue skips why Pakistan is not seen as a US ally and focusses on ‘security’ issues

In the dialogue, the YouTuber Wajahat S Khan began off by discussing how India and USA have gotten shut allies in recent times, and the way the USA was an ally of Pakistan. Though Wajahat cited ‘security’ issues on the earth, just like the Russia-Ukraine warfare and India-China hostilities as the rationale, he fastidiously prevented mentioning that Pakistan is not thought of a US ally as a result of it has slid into financial doom and is seen globally as a failed state.

Varshney says rights of Muslims are endangered due to CAA

The dialogue between Varshney and Wajahat Khan centered on the standard ‘Leftist-favourtite’ tropes of Modi bashing, waxing eloquence about ‘liberal democracies’. Varshney claimed that although India might be referred to as an electoral democracy, it can’t be referred to as a ‘liberal democracy’. He even cited the withdrawal of the FCRA license of international NGOs to make his level.

Varshney claimed the rights of Muslims in India have been harmed by CAA when the CAA doesn’t even concern Indian Muslims.

Khan who’s a Pakistani residing within the USA, requested Varshney how Modi, who was refused a US visa some years in the past, is now getting a red-carpet welcome within the USA as a state visitor. Varshney goes forward to say that it’s only as a result of China is now the primary adversary of the USA that the USA needs to be near India.

Varshney admitted that it’s tough for the USA or anybody to color India as undemocratic as a result of India is a sturdy electoral democracy, and elections have been free and truthful. He additionally admits that the welfare advantages and improvement packages carried out by the Modi authorities don’t discriminate amongst individuals on the premise of their faith.

Point quantity 32 of India-USA joint assertion

38 minutes into the dialogue, Varshney drew Khan’s consideration to level quantity 32 of the joint assertion made by PM Modi and Joe Biden that

Point No 32 of the India-USA joint assertion Pakistani terrorists attacking Indian armed forces is ‘understandable’ for Varshney

“Many Indians who advocate for friendship with Pakistan also were disappointed with the 26/11. This is not how (Pakistan’s) national interests should be pursued. It is one thing to attack armed forces and paramilitary forces, but coming to Mumbai and attacking civilians was problematic. Many of us, who advocate for friendship with Pakistan, have faced a difficult situation because of the 26/11 because it has made it difficult for us to explain our cause (for India to have a friendly relationship with Pakistan)”, Varshney says.

Varshney then went forward so as to add that even many Pakistanis had publically said that 26/11 was unsuitable and that it was not how Pakistan ought to pursue its nationwide curiosity. He stated that he has witnessed Hussain Haqqani, Nazam Sethi, and plenty of different Pakistani diplomats and intellectuals face difficulties defending the 26/11 assault.

Varshney added that 26/11 laid the groundwork for level quantity 32 to be substantiated all of the years later. The paragraph explicitly mentions Pakistan-based terrorist organizations and stresses that India and USA will work collectively to convey the perpetrators of 26/11 to justice.

It is pertinent to say right here that for Ashutosh Varshney, the 26/11 assault was a mere inconvenience as a result of he confronted difficulties explaining his opinions advocating for India-Pakistan friendship. He even claims that the terrorist assaults on Army and paramilitary are ‘understandable’.

It comes throughout as a refined method of claiming that for Varshney, the Pulwama assault, Pathankot assault and different quite a few assaults on Indian armed forces by Pakistani terrorists are ‘acceptable’ and even defendable. However, the 26/11 assault was dangerous as a result of it made issues inconvenient for him, not as a result of it claimed the lives of 166 individuals together with international nationals.

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— iMac_too (@iMac_too) June 29, 2023

Many Indians have reacted to Varshney’s assertion, mentioning how he casually mentions that he thinks assaults by Pakistan-sponsored terrorists on Indian armed forces are ‘understandable’.

Aman ki Aasha gang is upset that terrorists have focused civilians. Apparently it’s truthful sport for terrorists to assault Army or para-military. In their desperation for ‘peace’, they empathise with Pak a lot that they turn into one with the rogue state. pic.twitter.com/SHRh5oYzVj

— Ram (@ramprasad_c) June 29, 2023

Later within the video, Varshney goes forward to advocate for India-Pakistan friendship, making an attempt to placate his host by complimenting Pakistani agri merchandise and singers.

‘Hindus are outsiders in India’

Varshney and his host then invent some claims about statements that PM Modi by no means made, and state that PM Modi’s point out of ‘1000 years of foreign rule’ implies that he thinks all Muslims of India are outsiders. Using the debunked Aryan Invasion Theory, and a few baseless whataboutery about Bollywood actors, Varshney goes on to say that Indian Muslims are Indians solely, and it’s the Hindus themselves who’re the outsiders.

That a part of the dialogue might be seen from 1.00 hours onwards.

Varshney is a professor of political science at Brown University. He is a columnist on the Indian Express and is common amongst Leftists in India for his hyper-intellectualized scorn for PM Modi.