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| Advani reminds PM J&K status | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 10: "Pakistan must vacate the areas of the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir which they have occupied through aggression," Advani in a letter to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who is currently touring this state.
Opposition leader L K Advani today asked the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that the government should "unequivocally reiterate India's position" on the status of Jammu and Kashmir in view of the "conflicting remarks" emerging from Pakistan.
In a letter to the prime minister, he reminded Singh of India's position on the issue as articulated in the unanimous resolution passed in the Parliament on February 22, 1994 which declared that "the state of Jammu & Kashmir has been, is and shall be an integral part of India and any attempt to separate it from the rest of the country will be resisted by all necessary means."
He said that the resolution further demanded that "Pakistan must vacate the areas of the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir which they have occupied through aggression."
The BJP leader said that this resolution encapsulates India's position on the status of J&K and is sacrosanct.
"India has consistently maintained that Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India and the question of self-determination does not arise," he stated in the letter.
He added that he was happy to read the statement made by Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari describing the militants in Jammu and Kashmir as "terrorists" and that "India has never been a threat to Pakistan."
However, subsequently Pakistan's information minister stating that "the President of Pakistan 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 the last forty years."
No change in that policy makes Pakistan's position conflicting, he added. |
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