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| London can't be allowed to discuss Kashmir | | Interference in internal affairs | | Neha
JAMMU, Aug 5: It's outrageous; it's naked and blatant interference in the internal affairs of India. New Delhi has to assert its sovereign authority and tell London in unequivocal terms that it will not tolerate any interference in the country's internal affairs and that it is the sovereign nation to deal with the Kashmir situation in the manner it should be done. Delhi has to assert its authority without losing a single moment.
Why should Delhi act and act very fast to tell London that it is crossing the line and it is an attack on the sovereignty of India, which cannot be tolerated by any self-respecting nation? Why because the House of Commons of British Parliament has agreed for a "special debate" on the human rights situation in Kashmir. United Kingdom has not only agreed for a special debate on the human rights situation in Kashmir, but one of the British MPs, David Ward, has termed the Kashmir issue "a threat to regional and global peace" and went to the extent of informing the "Backbench Business Committee (BBC) that new Indian Government has been 'quite aggressive in terms of its stance towards Kashmir' which was 'opening up' a whole new area of uncertainty".
David Ward has, as per a report published in Delhi, told the committee that "Kashmir has been a constant source of misery over many years to many people. 500,000 to 600,000 Indian Army troops are in the area on a permanent basis. It is an area of tension and some 500,000 people have died there in the past 60 or so years. This is why I think it is an important subject: 3 million members of the Indian/Pakistani community; 100,000 Kashmiris in Bradford. The reason why I think it is important now to have a debate of this kind is, first of all, it is three years since we had a debate in the chamber on this crucially important subject. It is considered by many to be the forgotten conflict. You are talking about two nuclear powers facing each other.
We do believe it is worthy of a debate, because of its international dimensions as well". David Ward, who represents Bradford East in the British Parliament, according to the same report, also expressed his concern over what he called the "uncertainty about article 370". The same report also suggested that David Ward informed the BBC that 40 MPs backed him up "through a signatory campaign who would like Westminster to hold a debate on the human rights violations in Kashmir". Ward said the motion of the petition says: "This house (House of Commons) believes that the ongoing Kashmir dispute is a threat to regional and global peace; further that the dispute is causing insecurity, instability and human rights violations; and further that the state of Jammu and Kashmir should be given the right to self-determination".
David Ward, undoubtedly, crossed the endorsing the right to self-determination without studying the UN resolutions on Jammu and Kashmir, by claiming that 5 lakh Kashmiris have been conflict in the Valley and by talking about the so-called human rights violations in Kashmir. He withheld the truth that Kashmir has been completely radicalized and that the votaries of right to self-determination ousted the Kashmiri Hindus from the Valley in 1990. Not only David Ward, Britain's Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire also made some statements, which could be construed as an interference in the internal affairs of India. He reportedly said: "This (Kashmir) is a long-running conflict, and we stand by to help; but ultimately it can be resolved only by the two countries in question. Article (370) grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir, but recently, through members of the new Government, the BJP, there have been talking about the abrogation or revocation of 370. That, in itself, could be a source of great tension and conflict in the area. We are seeking a debate on a motion from a petition that many have signed. Certainly, we have got 40 MPs who have signed the petition. It has also been signed by 10 MEPs -these are all cross-party supporters- but also 50,000 members of the public have signed the petition". The date for a special debate has not yet been decided, but the London's decision at the behest pro-separatist British MPs has been criticized by "Friends of India" and "Southeast Asian think tanks". The Friends of India and Southeast Asian think tanks have reportedly said: "Why should Kashmir be discussed in the Parliament when Britain has always been of the view that Kashmir is a bilateral issue between India and Pakistan?" Theirs is the very valid argument. UK has all along considered J&K a bilateral issue between India and Pakistan and by deciding to hold a special debate on Kashmir in the House of Commons, it has undoubtedly deviated from its stand and it cannot be and must not be appreciated in India which has, unlike Pakistan, China, to mention only two nation, not taken recourse to means Islamabad and China have been to eliminate rebels and restore peace in their disturbed regions. The Indian forces have all through been very disciplined and they have been acting/reacting either only in self-defence or when the situation appears going out of hand.
It is hoped that New Delhi would take up the whole issue with London without losing a single moment. It is a serious matter. It needs to inform London that it is the fanatics in Kashmir who have violated, and continue to violate the human rights and they must be dealt with as per the law of the land. |
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