INDIA-PAKISTAN ENDURING GRIEVANCES: UNWAVERING ROLE OF DOMESTIC POLITICIZED FACTORS

Abstract

India-Pakistan rivalry has always been the most perturbed issue on geopolitical canvas. This impasse has locked distinguished resolutions for mitigating their asymmetrical enduring conflict. Pakistan and India’s unusual position alienated leadership and distant behavior of citizens have made their connections more strained. There is an unsettling condition of tranquility, but neither country is compelled to act. Animosity can only be alleviated through friendship. Friendship requires mutual consent, something both India and Pakistan have continuously lacked over the previous few decades. Nevertheless, India-Pakistan got brutal setback and has been significantly deteriorating after Prime Minister Modi’s election in 2014. India’s policy for Pakistan under Modi has seen certain dramatic shifts. The policy has been undergone unscheduled visit to surgical strikes on militant camps in Pakistan. With highly volatile border in Jammu and Kashmir, an upsurge in terror attacks on India, and critical elections on the horizon, IndoPakistani relations look to have reached probable flash point. Escalation of war is a clear and ongoing threat. Both countries have different sort of domestic politics discourse which further ignites their enmity. These domestic perspectives tend to galvanize the great polarization in their country. This research paper will shed light on those domestic political narratives which plays pivotal role in setting contemporary scenarios for India-Pakistan relations. This research paper will analyze the different intricacies and obstacles related to domestic’s factors in IndiaPakistan furious relations. This research paper will further elucidate different psychological perspectives, fallacies, and rhetoric in shaping political discourse and mindsets