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A day after Pakistan issued a statement that creation of “dedicated” townships in Kashmir Valley for displaced Kashmiri Pandits would change the demographic makeup of the state, senior BJP leader and Union Minorities Minister Mukhtar Abas Naqvi Friday said that India will not accept Pakistan intervention on Kashmir.
“Pakistan has no right to dictate to us what we should do and what not in Kashmir. They should stop their intervention in the internal issues of Kashmir. The people of Kashmir are with India and want to live in the peaceful atmosphere,” BJP’s senior leader and union minorities minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi told KNS over phone from New Delhi.
He said that Pakistan should understand that whatever means they use, they will not get any part of this state. “One thing I will make clear is that all people living in the Kashmir want democratic and development rights of India,” he said.
The Union Minister said that the people of Jammu and Kashmir have displayed their faith in BJP and the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “Kashmiri people have seen tough times from past many decades. Now they have shown the trust in Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister is committed to make Jammu and Kashmir the number one state in the country in terms of development,” he added.
It is pertinent to mention here that Pakistan Thursday said the proposed “Composite Townships” in Kashmir valley in order to settle migrant Kashmiri Pandits is a violation of UN Security Council resolutions.
Spokesperson of Pakistan Foreign Office, Tasneem Aslam told reporters: “Any effort to create special dedicated townships or zones, or any other step to alter the demographic make-up of Jammu and Kashmir, is in violation of the UN Security Council resolutions.”
