All party meet on Jammu & Kashmir
Our Correspondent /NEW DELHI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asserted that time has come to expose Pakistan’s atrocities in Pak occuoied Kashmir and Balochistan. He also stressed that ‘Pakistan Occupied Kashmir(PoK) is ours’ as much as Jammu, Kashmir Valley and Ladakh.
He asked the External Affairs Ministry to contact residents of PoK staying abroad and get information from them about the pathetic conditions in PoK and let the world know the fact.
“External Affairs Ministry should try to contact people of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir living in different countries of the world. Contact them and ask them to find out about the plight of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, and highlight it before the international community” said PM in his statement at all party meet.
He said terrorism has adversely affected common life in Kashmir and time has come to expose Pakistan’s atrocities in PoK and Balochistan.
Prime Minister said that there could not be any compromise on national security on Jammu and Kashmir. He however said that there was need to win confidence of people of the valley.
Addressing an all party meeting convened to discuss the prevailing situation in Kashmir , Mr. Modi said the Pakistan Occupied Kashmir is an integral part of Jammu and Kashmir.
During the meeting, political parties impressed upon the government to immediately start confidence building measures to restore normalcy in valley.
They also also favoured to hold talks with all stakeholders. Opposition parties also demanded to ban the use of pellet guns against the protesters.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior Union Ministers including, Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj attended the meeting.
Former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Mallikarjun Kharge, Samajwadi party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav, CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury and Sharad Yadav of JD(U) were among those present in the meeting.
Earlier, the Lok Sabha before adjourning sine die passed an unanimous resolution appealing all sections of society to work for the early restoration of normalcy and harmony in the Kashmir valley. The resolution called for restoring confidence in people, in general and youth in particular in the valley.
It expressed serious concern over prolonged curfew, violence and loss of lives there. It also said the House has a firm view that there cannot be any compromise on India’s unity, integrity and national security. Earlier, the Rajya Sabha had passed a similar resolution.