Dehradun, April 27 -- The Chief Minister of Karnataka, Siddaramaiah, has stated that war between India and Pakistan should only take place if it is unavoidable. He is absolutely right, even though he may have political reasons to say so. Pakistan needs to be punished but there is more than one way of doing so without collateral damage. In fact, the BJP leaders criticising Siddaramaiah should remember what Prime Minister Modi stated not so long ago - "this is not the time for war" - in the context of the continuing war between Russia and Ukraine.
It should not be that five terrorists have the power to trigger a war between two nuclear armed neighbours. Pakistan has to be punished for using terror as a weapon against India but in an effectiv...