Kashmir not integral part of India: JKLF-R
Srinagar, January 29 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, the Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Rajbagh (JKLF-R), Farooq Siddiqi has rejected the assertion of Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee that Kashmir is an integral part of India.
Farooq Siddiqi in a statement issued in Srinagar said that Mukherjees assertion reflects either his ignorance about Kashmir or a wilful distortion of historic, legal and political status of Kashmir.
Mukherjee must educate himself with geo-political history of India from Harsha Empire to present which will satisfy him that Kashmir was never a part of India, he said, adding that he should inform himself with the international legalities attached with dispute of Kashmir before issuing false statements.
The JKLF Chairman termed Mukherjee`s statement as lawless act of belligerence. He said that to ignore the continuous mass political uprising against India in last 60 years of Kashmirs occupation is absurd on the part of Indian Foreign Minister.
Farooq Siddiqi challenged Pranab Mukherjee to produce any legal document that will back his statement while reminded him that Indian Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru had accepted the disputed status when he reiterated his position in a letter to the British Prime Minister on October 25, 1947.
The JKLF reminded Pranab Mukherjee when India took the Kashmir issue to the UN in 1948; it did so under article 35 of Chapter VI, which outlines the means for a peaceful settlement of disputes.
He said that India did not present the Kashmir case under the UN Chapter VII, which relates to acts of aggression as India was alleging Pakistan. Therefore, he added, it was evident that by raising the issue under chapter VI, India recognised the Kashmir dispute.
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