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If that is indeed the case then he should be invited. Has India held a commonwealth meeting yet? I'd be interested to know if the AJK representives were invited, although I'm not sure if they take part in such events.
There is no AJK representative (If am not wrong, Azad Kashmir is not a Part of Pakistan constitutionally?), list of Pakistani representative can be found here.
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India will boycott Commonwealth Parliamentary Union meeting in Pakistan
PTI
Friday, 07 August 2015 06:02 PM
New Delhi: India will boycott a Commonwealth Parliamentary Union meeting in Islamabad next month in protest against Pakistan not inviting the Speaker of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, a decision that comes in the midst of tensions over two terror attacks in Punjab and J and K.
"A meeting of Speakers of all states here today unanimously decided that India will boycott the meeting of the CPU if the Speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly is not invited," Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan told reporters after the meeting.
This follows Pakistan not sending an invitation to J and Kashmir Speaker to the Inter Parliamentary Union meeting to be held from Sept 30 to Oct 8 in Islamabad while invitations have been sent to all the other Speakers in India.
The decision of the Speakers come against the backdrop of simmering tensions between the two countries over the recent terror attacks in Gurdaspur in Punjab and near Udhampur in J and K by terrorists, perpetrated by terrorists who had infiltrated from Pakistan.
Mahajan said this was against a rule in the CPU in which all the Speakers, who are members of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), have to be extended an invitation to the CPU meeting."It is wrong (on the part of Pakistan). They cited an old rule of 1951-57 regarding their having raised an issue in the UN Security Council for not inviting J and K Speaker," she said adding it had lost relevance.
The Speaker said Pakistan gave this reply when India took up the matter strongly with the CPA Chairperson and Secretary General against leaving out J and K Speaker."We (31 Speakers) reviewed this issue and felt this was wrong. We reject this decision (of Pakistan). We are writing to the CPA Chairperson that if I and K Speaker is not invited then India will not attend the meeting or change the venue (for us to attend)," she said.
Welcoming the decision J and K Speaker Ravindra Gupta, who attended the meeting, thanked the Speakers for the decision saying it was a question of unity and integrity of the country. He called Pakistan a terrorist state
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Bangladesh and Sri Lanka backs India other countries will join in soon.
So let them boycott it, what's the big deal?
It'll go on without them then. They have huge issues simmering at home anyways such as Khalistan revival [\QUOTE]
So let them boycott it, what's the big deal?
It'll go on without them then. They have huge issues simmering at home anyways such as Khalistan revival[/QUOTE]
Lol
It's a developing story lets see how it pans out. Pakistan doesn't have a say in this one, you are just hosts, you don't get to choose invite list.Actually we should snub the Indian puppet in Dhaka as well
I'm confident Sri Lanka will join though as they are always welcome to Pakistan.
lol- just hosts- and you dont get to choose who to invite? - u r phunnyIt's a developing story lets see how it pans out. Pakistan doesn't have a say in this one, you are just hosts, you don't get to choose invite list.
It's a developing story lets see how it pans out. Pakistan doesn't have a say in this one, you are just hosts, you don't get to choose invite list.
Even I share that feeling.if things were my way Pakistan wouldnt be hosting the event b/c it would not be part of this "Commonwealth" nonsense in the first place. That's actually how i feel on a broader level