<st1:place><st1:City>ISLAMABAD</st1:City>, <st1:country-region>Pakistan</st1:country-region></st1:place>—Preliminary signs emerging from <st1:country-region><st1:place>India</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s power center, <st1:City><st1:place>New Delhi</st1:place></st1:City>, paint a picture of an unstable situation. Security is already compromised. But a bigger story is taking place in <st1:City><st1:place>New Delhi</st1:place></st1:City>, not Mumbai. There are disturbing signs that <st1:country-region><st1:place>India</st1:place></st1:country-region>, a nuclear-armed nation of a billion people, is witnessing a ‘soft coup�?attempt involving secular rightwing ideologues and Hindu nationalists. <o:p></o:p>

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Exploiting the fears of a traumatized nation and a government caught sleeping at the wheel, a core group of rightwing ideologues within <st1:country-region><st1:place>India</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s military, intelligence and political elite are trying to overthrow Manmohan Singh’s government. The plan apparently is to help the rise of rightwing elements in power and firmly push <st1:country-region><st1:place>India</st1:place></st1:country-region> in a confrontation with <st1:country-region><st1:place>Pakistan</st1:place></st1:country-region> and some other countries in the region.<o:p></o:p>

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The objective of this core group is to see <st1:country-region><st1:place>India</st1:place></st1:country-region> emerge as a superpower closely allied with the <st1:country-region><st1:place>United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>.  They are excited about American plans for <st1:country-region><st1:place>India</st1:place></st1:country-region> as a regional policeman and have no problem in confronting <st1:country-region><st1:place>China</st1:place></st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region><st1:place>Pakistan</st1:place></st1:country-region> to achieve this status. They think time is slipping and they don’t want a hesitant political leadership in their way.  Already the instability in the wake of Mumbai attacks is being exploited to start a war with <st1:country-region><st1:place>Pakistan</st1:place></st1:country-region>.  The fact that this will also help <st1:country-region><st1:place>U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> military that is facing a tough time in <st1:country-region><st1:place>Afghanistan</st1:place></st1:country-region> appears to be more than just a coincidence.

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