Bhubaneswar: Rajya Sabha Member from Odisha, Sasmit Patra today slammed Pakistan for ranting Kashmir issue at the 146th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly in Bahrain.
The BJD MP came down heavily on Pakistan as the latter referred to Kashmir, as expected. India through a Right to Reply (RoR) slammed Pakistan at the IPU terming it an exporter of terrorists and reiterating that Pakistan has no locus standi on Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
Patra, who is representing the Indian Parliament at the 146th IPU Assembly, said, “It is unfortunate that Pakistan has chosen once again to misuse the august platform by mentioning in their statement about Jammu and Kashmir which is an integral part of India. This mentioning is completely unacceptable.”
Patra further said, “The Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh have been and will always remain an integral and inalienable part of India. No amount of rhetoric and propaganda from any country can override this fact. Pakistan has no locus standi to comment on India’s internal affairs.”
“We have repeatedly called upon it to vacate the Indian territories under its illegal and forcible occupation with immediate effect. It is ironic that a country, which is a known exporter of terrorists, and responsible for inflicting countless cross-border terrorist attacks in Jammu and Kashmir is claiming to champion the cause of human rights,” the BJD MP said.
