Seeking to revive his sagging political fortunes at home, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has fashioned a dramatic event in foreign policy by reversing the course on Pakistan and opening dialogue at the highest level with its military junta.

In doing so, India's interests appear to have been made subservient to personal and party interests. New Delhi is now fixatedly waiting to sup with the mastermind of Kargil who, in the first place, it should have put on trial in absentia as a war criminal.

The BJP's dismal, unprincipled record in power indicates it is on the path of self-destruction. In being so, its ageing leadership is in danger of unwittingly dragging the country down with it.

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