Time has come for the Indian foreign policy to be recast - Subramanian Swamy

Center should recast its foreign policies & adopt give and take principle, says Subramanian Swamy
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy today said that the central government needs to recast its foreign policy and adopt a 'give and take' principle to escalate its benefits.
The Financial Express | 2017-02-25T21:58:55+05:30 http://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/center-should-recast-its-foreign-policies-adopt-give-and-take-principle-says-subramanian-swamy/566602/?platform=hootsuite

Days after the killing of an Indian in an alleged hate crime in the Kansas City suburbs, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy today said that the central government needs to recast its foreign policy and adopt a ‘give and take’ principle to escalate its benefits.

Swami stated that, “Time has come for the Indian foreign policy to be recast more on a ‘give and take’ principle rather than speaking about the merits of India and why it should be given special status by other countries. This kind of diplomacy has now become old and it is old UPA style where you go petitioning the Americans. If you want something, then give Americans something which they want, and then, negotiate. Tomorrow if India is going to say that USA, India and Israel will cooperate to fight ISIS in Syria or other places, then Americans will be far more receptive to making an accommodation with India.”

Further mentioning that America is going to decide its national interest Swamy said, “We cannot blanket to tell Donald Trump that please don’t do this. You have to tell President Trump that we are strategic partners and we are ready to do the following things for you and you do the following things for us. It has to be ‘give and take with America and it should not be on merit or be given special consideration.”

Days back, a 51-year-old Kansas man has been charged with killing an Indian engineer and wounding two other men when he opened fire in a bar in what federal authorities probed on Friday as a possible hate crime that shocked the victim’s home country, India.

The shooting on Wednesday night led news bulletins in the country and triggered outrage on social media, where people voiced concern that US President Donald Trump’s “America First” position on immigration and jobs has fueled a climate of intolerance.

Navy veteran Adam Purinton was charged on Thursday in Johnson County, Kansas, with one count of premeditated first-degree murder and two counts of attempted premeditated first-degree murder, District Attorney Stephen Howe told reporters. He declined to elaborate on the details of the incident or the motive for the shooting.