Clarify India’s stand on J&K to Pakistan, demands Advani
The BJP has demanded that the government “unequivocally” reiterate India’s position on Jammu and Kashmir to the Pakistan government.
By ET Bureau |
NEW DELHI: The BJP has demanded that the government ���unequivocally��� reiterate India���s position on Jammu and Kashmir to the Pakistan government. The leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, LK Advani, has asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to make it clear to the Pakistan government that ���any deviation��� from India���s stated position will be ���unacceptable���.
Mr Advani���s strong worded letter comes in the wake of the clarification issued by Pakistan���s information minister on October 6 which reiterated the country���s and the Pakistan People���s Party���s support for ���just cause of Kashmir and its struggle for self determination���.
Pakistan information minister Sherry Rahman in a statement had said, ���The President has made it very clear that the just cause of Kashmir and its struggle for self-determination has been a consistent central position of the PPP for 40 years now. There is no change in that policy. He has never called the legitimate aspirations of Kashmiris an expression of terrorism, nor has he undermined the sufferings of the Kashmiri people.���
The elucidation was a follow-up to Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari���s statements which described the militants in Jammu and Kashmir as ���terrorists��� and stated that ���India has never been a threat to Pakistan���.
In his letter to the prime minister, the BJP leader said that India has consistently maintained that Jammu and kashmir is an integral part of India and the question of self-determination ���does not arise���.
Mr Advani also referred to the unanimous resolution passed by Parliament on February 22, 1994, which declared, ���The state of Jammu and Kashmir has been, is and shall be an integral part of the India and any attempt to separate it from the rest of the country will be resisted by all necessary means...
Pakistan must vacate the areas of the Indian state of Jammu and kashmir which they have occupies through aggression.��� The BJP leader reiterated that the resolution which encapsulated India���s position on the status of Jammu and Kashmir was ���sacrosanct���.
Mr Advani���s strong worded letter comes in the wake of the clarification issued by Pakistan���s information minister on October 6 which reiterated the country���s and the Pakistan People���s Party���s support for ���just cause of Kashmir and its struggle for self determination���.
Pakistan information minister Sherry Rahman in a statement had said, ���The President has made it very clear that the just cause of Kashmir and its struggle for self-determination has been a consistent central position of the PPP for 40 years now. There is no change in that policy. He has never called the legitimate aspirations of Kashmiris an expression of terrorism, nor has he undermined the sufferings of the Kashmiri people.���
The elucidation was a follow-up to Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari���s statements which described the militants in Jammu and Kashmir as ���terrorists��� and stated that ���India has never been a threat to Pakistan���.
In his letter to the prime minister, the BJP leader said that India has consistently maintained that Jammu and kashmir is an integral part of India and the question of self-determination ���does not arise���.
Mr Advani also referred to the unanimous resolution passed by Parliament on February 22, 1994, which declared, ���The state of Jammu and Kashmir has been, is and shall be an integral part of the India and any attempt to separate it from the rest of the country will be resisted by all necessary means...
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Pakistan must vacate the areas of the Indian state of Jammu and kashmir which they have occupies through aggression.��� The BJP leader reiterated that the resolution which encapsulated India���s position on the status of Jammu and Kashmir was ���sacrosanct���.
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