Kashmir a bilateral issue for India, Pakistan: UK's Labour Party leader

[Raj-Hindustani]

Kashmir a bilateral issue for India, Pakistan: UK's Labour Party leader
"Any constitutional issues in India are a matter for the Indian Parliament and Kashmir is a bilateral issue for India and Pakistan to resolve peacefully" -- Sir Kier Starmer, new leader of the Labour Party, the main opposition party of Britain, said.

• • Loveena Tandon
• London
• May 1, 2020
• UPDATED: May 1, 2020 08:18 IST

Kashmir a bilateral issue for India, Pakistan: UK's Labour Party leader. (Image for representation: PTI)

Kashmir is a bilateral issue for India and Pakistan -- Sir Kier Starmer, new leader of the Labour Party, the main opposition party of Britain, said.

On April 30, in a joint statement released by Labour Friends of India and Sir Kier Starmer, the new leader of the Labour Party said,

"We must not allow issues of the sub-continent to divide communities here. Any constitutional issues in India are a matter for the Indian Parliament and Kashmir is a bilateral issue for India and Pakistan to resolve peacefully. Labour is an internationalist Party and stands for the defence of human rights everywhere."

"Britons of Indian-origin contribute so much to the UK and to the Labour Party. I'm committed to working closely with Labour Friends of India to rebuild trust with the community," he said.

This is a major step towards mending the relationship with the Indian diaspora in the UK and a friendly hand towards India.

The Labour party under Jeremy Corbyn on September 25 last year, in its party conference in Brighton, passed a resolution that supports "International intervention in Kashmir and a call for UN-led referendum.'

This had upset not only the Indian diaspora in the UK but also the Government of India. Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Raveesh Kumar had then expressed regret and had called it an "uninformed and unfounded position."

Starmer, in the joint statement also said, "A Labour government under my leadership will be determined to build even stronger business links with India and to co-operate on the global stage on issues such as climate change. I look forward to meeting the Indian High Commissioner in due course to open a renewed dialogue between the Labour Party and the people of India."

Welcoming the stance taken by Sir Starmer, Rajesh Agrawal, Co-Chair of Labour Friends of India and Deputy Mayor of London for business, said: "I congratulate Keir Starmer on his election as a leader. I really welcome his commitment to rebuilding strong links between the Labour Party and the Indian community. This has been a great start and Keir has achieved a lot in the short span of a couple of weeks.

Labour Friends of India will work closely with him and will continue to promote UK-India ties as well as continuing to raise any issues from the community to the leadership."

One of the senior lawyers in the UK, Sir Kier Starmer, before getting elected as an MP to the British Parliament in 2015, was head of Crown Prosecution Service.

Starmer was a "remainer" as far as Brexit goes and also supported the call for a second referendum.

Sir Kier Starmer was elected as the leader of the Labour Party in April 2020 amidst the coronavirus pandemic.

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/sto...tan-uk-labour-party-leader-1673081-2020-05-01

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

No ....

 

[Raj-Hindustani]

No ....

OK... As you wish.

 

[El Sidd]

"We must not allow issues of the sub-continent to divide communities here. Any constitutional issues in India are a matter for the Indian Parliament and Kashmir is a bilateral issue for India and Pakistan to resolve peacefully. Labour is an internationalist Party and stands for the defence of human rights everywhere."

Does he mean the No Go Areas where battle for Kashmir will take place in Britain?

 

[Dalit]

Any constitutional issues in India are a matter for the Indian Parliament and Kashmir is a bilateral issue for India and Pakistan to resolve peacefully.

The cunning Brit whose forefathers created conflicts across half the planet is correct. Pakistan is going to resolve Kashmir bilaterally with Hindustan on the battlefield. Let's see how bilateral things remain when things heat up on the battlefield.

 

[khansaheeb]

It seems the Hindu-jews alliance just got stronger with this new labour leader. What he forgets is that Muslim soldiers tilted the second war in Britain's favour and the next war they will again run to us for help.

 

[Joe Shearer]

Any constitutional issues in India are a matter for the Indian Parliament and Kashmir is a bilateral issue for India and Pakistan to resolve peacefully.

The cunning Brit whose forefathers created conflicts across half the planet is correct. Pakistan is going to resolve Kashmir bilaterally with Hindustan on the battlefield. Let's see how bilateral things remain when things heat up on the battlefield.

What a frightfully original thought. I wonder that nobody ever thought of this before.

 

[Dalit]

What a frightfully original thought. I wonder that nobody ever thought of this before.

Very original comment by a very VERY professional member of this forum.

 

[Joe Shearer]

It seems the Hindjew alliance just got stronger with this new labour leader. What he forgets is that Muslim soldiers tilted the second war in Britain's favour and the next war they will again run to us for help.

Yes, that is indeed thoughtprovoking. I can see them recruiting a hundred battalions of retired servicemen and reconquering the Yemen.

Oh, sorry, wrong war.

Very original comment by a very VERY professional member of this forum.

It is, isn't it? I'm really good at these. Pity I'm alone.

 

[Dalit]

Yes, that is indeed thoughtprovoking. I can see them recruiting a hundred battalions of retired servicemen and reconquering the Yemen.

Oh, sorry, wrong war.



It is, isn't it? I'm really good at these. Pity I'm alone.

Keep patting yourself on the back. You are a wonderful and very VERY professional individual.

 

[BHarwana]

Sir Kier Starmer contradicted his own statement that Kashmir is a bilateral issue.

 

[Joe Shearer]

Keep patting yourself on the back. You are a wonderful and very VERY professional individual.

So true, so true....it is so rare these cynical days to find a genuine appreciation. What a wonderful sunny feeling.

 

[Dalit]

So true, so true....it is so rare these cynical days to find a genuine appreciation. What a wonderful sunny feeling.

Instead of cajoling yourself share your professional thoughts on the story.

Is the cunning Brit right? Is Kashmir a bilateral issue and should both countries sort it out in their own unique style?

 

[Joe Shearer]

Instead of cajoling yourself share your professional thoughts on the story.

Is the cunning Brit right? Is Kashmir a bilateral issue and should both countries sort it in their own unique style?

That ship has sailed. It sailed in 1972.

Oh, I forgot. That was merely a fake treaty. The only objective at that time was to free POWs and avoid a public trial of the leadership.

<sigh> So much for treaties. I suppose you are right, and have sensed what value treaties have for ONE side. That leaves both countries to sort it in their own unique style.

Coming shortly to theatres near you: Son of Gibraltar.

 

[BHarwana]

"Any constitutional issues in India are a matter for the Indian Parliament and Kashmir is a bilateral issue for India and Pakistan to resolve peacefully"

"Any constitutional issues in India are a matter for the Indian Parliament and Kashmir is a bilateral issue for India and Pakistan (Here he said it is bilateral issue) to resolve peacefully" (Here he poked his nose in a bilateral issue by advising how to resolve it.)

If the issue is bilateral then how can he get involved in advising how to resolve it. This mean Kashmir is too lethal to let it be bilateral and international intervention is needed in Kashmir to stop any mishap and human rights violation by India. He proved him self wrong with his own statement .