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1. In context of abrogation of Article 35A and Article 370 of Constitution of India I say that Pakistan has no business to interfere in India’s internal matters. 2. We in India know very well that Pakistan’s display of love for Kashmiris is a classic example of double standards, particularly in view of fact that Pakistan’s citizens are mercilessly killed by terrorists, and killed without any retaliation by either by the police or the military in Pakistan. 3. I also say that the police, military and the entire government administration in Pakistan often appear to be are subservient to terror outfits like Pakistani Taliban, LeT, JuD, and JeM. 4. In connection with the Kashmir issue it is often claimed that Islamists have always viewed Kashmir as a component of global grievances. But when Islamic country like Pakistan is incapable of protecting its own innocent citizens, this claim of global grievance, is I believe, far stretched, and is simply untenable. 5. I wish to know in this context whether even intellectual or one politician from Jammu and Kashmir, including former chief ministers like Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Ms Mehbooba Mufti, has ever made a valid suggestion on the Kashmir issue. 6. It is of course easy to say that Kashmiris should have freedom to decide their future but then who will protect them from being driven out their homes by the Pakistan trained terrorists and their fundamentalist supporters? Let me say that the so-called “Islamists’ grievance about Kashmir” reflects a hidden agenda- not of azadi for the Kashmiris but of making them unwanted citizens of an Islamic state called Pakistan.
1. In context of abrogation of Article 35A and Article 370 of Constitution of India I say that Pakistan has no business to interfere in India’s internal matters. 2. We in India know very well that Pakistan’s display of love for Kashmiris is a classic example of double standards, particularly in view of fact that Pakistan’s citizens are mercilessly killed by terrorists, and killed without any retaliation by either by the police or the military in Pakistan. 3. I also say that the police, military and the entire government administration in Pakistan often appear to be are subservient to terror outfits like Pakistani Taliban, LeT, JuD, and JeM. 4. In connection with the Kashmir issue it is often claimed that Islamists have always viewed Kashmir as a component of global grievances. But when Islamic country like Pakistan is incapable of protecting its own innocent citizens, this claim of global grievance, is I believe, far stretched, and is simply untenable. 5. I wish to know in this context whether even intellectual or one politician from Jammu and Kashmir, including former chief ministers like Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Ms Mehbooba Mufti, has ever made a valid suggestion on the Kashmir issue. 6. It is of course easy to say that Kashmiris should have freedom to decide their future but then who will protect them from being driven out their homes by the Pakistan trained terrorists and their fundamentalist supporters? Let me say that the so-called “Islamists’ grievance about Kashmir” reflects a hidden agenda- not of azadi for the Kashmiris but of making them unwanted citizens of an Islamic state called Pakistan.