Activists from different walks of life feel that war is not going to solve problems, but result in unimaginable death and destruction given that both India and Pakistan possess highly lethal weapons.

They are particularly against siding with the US which they say is trying to grind its own axe by taking India along with its war on global terror.

Advocate and activist Amrish Patel, who along with JSM representative Mukul Sinha are mobilising people to take

part in the rally, are of the view that India must not have any kind of military relationship with the US, but revert to its policy of non-alignment, without becoming a party to any coalition.

Patel’s associate and activist Shamshad Pathan said that political parties were trying to create war hysteria for political gain now that Lok Sabha elections are around the corner.

“We must learn a lesson from the erstwhile USSR, which fought a prolonged war in Afghanistan, and the US, which is facing economic meltdown due to a long-drawn war in Iraq and Afghanistan,” he said.