New Delhi, December 29 (IANS). Sadhguru, founder of Isha Foundation, has spoken on a very sensitive issue related to India’s strategic security and sovereignty. During the satsang organized at Sadhguru Sannidhi in Bengaluru, when he was asked a question on the comments made by the interim government of Bangladesh regarding the Siliguri Corridor, he termed it as a ’78 year old anomaly’, a result of the partition of India.
Sadhguru said the Siliguri Corridor, commonly known as the ‘Chicken Neck’, is an extremely narrow stretch of land connecting the north-eastern states of India with the rest of the country. This situation was created at the time of partition of 1947. He said that even though India may not have had the right or circumstances to improve it in 1946-47, after the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, India had the full opportunity and right, which was lost.
Sadhguru also shared his views on social media platform ‘X’. “Siliguri corridor is a 78-year-old anomaly created by the partition of India, which should have been rectified in 1971,” he wrote on Now when the sovereignty of the country is being openly challenged, the time has come to nurture this ‘chicken’ into an ‘elephant’.”
Sadhguru said in symbolic language that the foundation of any country cannot rest on weakness. He said, “The nation cannot run just like a ‘chicken’, it has to become an ‘elephant’. If it needs nourishment, strength, or any other concrete step has to be taken, then it has to be done. Every step has a cost, but the security of the nation is bigger than that.”
He also said that ideally the world could be without borders and countries, but in the current global situation this thinking is not practical. It would be nice if the world had no borders, but we are not at that level yet. To suddenly assume that everything will be fine is an impractical thought.
Sadhguru reiterated that this discrepancy is only 78 years old and correction is still possible. Saying, ‘The neck of an elephant is easy to handle,’ he clarified that strengthening the Siliguri Corridor is the need of the hour.
It is noteworthy that Sadhguru has earlier also expressed concern about the violence against Hindu minorities in Bangladesh, destruction of temples and demographic pressure.
–IANS
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