IMPEDIMENTS TO INDIA’S UNSC BID

Abstract

Major political parties in India either implicitly or explicitly in their election manifestos talks about getting India its rightful place among the comity of nations, a seat at the high table in global affairs and international institutions. This aspiration is reminiscent of India’s great and glorious civilizational past, the birth place of many religions, rulers, scientists and architects, the land of Buddha, Ashoka, Kautilya, Akbar, Arayabatha, Brahmagupta and so on. Since its independence in 1947 and decades thereof, with the opening stint made by Nehru spearheading the Non-Aligned movement with other world leaders. India is rising economically, politically and socially, it is now beginning to seize this era of greatness whose time has come. Among its ambitions on world stage, to be a member of the UN Security Council tops their agenda. Given its growing importance, United States, United Kingdom, France and Russia, four of the five current permanent members have pledge vocal support for India’s candidacy. In this light, it is worth recalling why India is considered strong and growing today. ‘Unity in Diversity’ seems to be the quintessence in India’s case, through which strength emanates and uplifts the nation. If diversity is counted as India’s strength, then propagandas and majoritarian goals of imposing a bland uniformity, would produce neither unity nor strength; on the contrary it has the potential to blow up the fabric of a nation, and thereby render India’s UNSC bid futile and meaningless.