𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐮 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬 & 𝐑𝐚𝐣𝐢𝐯 𝐆𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐡𝐢’𝐬 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫.

 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐮 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬 &

𝐑𝐚𝐣𝐢𝐯 𝐆𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐡𝐢’𝐬 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐲, 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 | September 4, 1985 On this day in 1985, the collapse of the Thimphu Peace Talks exposed the reckless diplomatic arrogance of Rajiv Gandhi’s Congress regime. Rajiv Gandhi tried to bully both Sri Lanka and the Tamil delegations into accepting a flawed draft agreement, disregarding ground realities and the brutal killing of Tamil leaders. This heavy-handed approach shattered India’s credibility and cost it its position as a trusted mediator. By forcing an ill-conceived diplomatic agenda instead of building consensus, the Congress government laid the groundwork for the disastrous 1987 IPKF deployment, sending Indian soldiers into a deadly conflict… 𝐀 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.