Srinagar: Shiromani Akali Dal President Simranjit Singh Mann and member Indian Parliament (MP) has issued strong worded remarks on India n government’s farce claims on Jammu and Kashmir dispute, completely destroying the integral mantra being propagated by India.
The member Indian Parliament said that the Jammu and Kashmir continues to remain a disputed territory whose future is to be decided through UN-acknowledged plebiscite.
The Sikh MP, who is the member of Indian parliament from Sangrur, Punjab, talking to media persons while on a visit to Jammu, endorsed that India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Lal Nehru took the Kashmir dispute to the United Nations on 1st January 1948 pledging that the future of the territory would be decided through plebiscite in accordance with UN resolution.
Shiromani Akali Dal criticized the Modi government for revoking Article 370 of the Indian constitution to claim that “Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India”
He reiterated that “Jammu and Kashmir is not a part of India; it is still a separate state where plebiscite is still to be held and where demand for plebiscite still stands”.
He further said that it has not yet been decided that Jammu and Kashmir is a part of India. He warned India against suppressing the Kashmiri people and said that Indian police summon Kashmiris to police station without any reason. The Indian MP also slammed the Modi government over being denied entry into occupied Jammu and Kashmir questioning the claim of normalcy being propagated by the Modi regime in the territory.
He also questioned the Indian Prime Minister that how Jammu and Kashmir could be a part of India when a country’s parliamentarian like him is not allowed to enter the territory.
It is also pertinent to mention Simranjit Singh Mann had moved an application to a local court in Kathua in October 2022, after district authorities did not permit him to visit the Indian administered Kashmir citing possible disturbance.
The Parliamentarian had reached Kathua to appear before the chief judicial magistrate but was not allowed to move out of the hotel. However, his representatives appeared in the court which decided to hear the case on November 29.
Talking to reporters, Shiromani Akal Dal president said he is an elected member of Indian Parliament and was planning to visit Kashmir to know the welfare of its people post abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir into so-called two union territories in August 2019.
“They (BJP leaders) are saying that J-K has become an integral part of India post abrogation of Article 370 but here a parliament member is not allowed to visit this part of the country and restrictions are placed on me” he said. Mann said he will raise the issue in parliament during its next session. The MP said he has every right to visit any part of the country and termed the behavior of Indian government administration of Jammu and Kashmir, “shockingly incomprehensible”.
The MP has stated that “I will not give up my fight. If I am denied justice (by the court of CJM), then I will move the High Court and also the Supreme Court, if needed”.
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