*NEW DELHI* – Irked India strongly reacts over Pakistani PM Imran Khanstatement, Indian media has reported.
India on Friday condemned the “provocative and irresponsible” statementsagainst it by Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan over abrogation ofprovisions of Article 370 and said he is unaware of how internationalrelations are conducted.
Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said the commentsmade by Khan do not behove the post he holds.
Kumar was responding to a question on the call for a march fromPakistan-occupied Kashmir to the Line of Control, which has been backed byPakistan’s military, to protest India’s move.
At a rally held last month, Khan said he knew that majority of the youth inPoK wanted to stage the march to the LoC. However, he asked them to deferit until he fought the case at the UN General Assembly.
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“This is not the first time that such statements have come from Pakistan.Pakistan’s prime minister holds a high constitutional office. He has givensuch statements even before. You have heard his statements even in theUNGA… such provocative and irresponsible language he has used. We condemnthis,” Kumar said.
In his maiden speech at the UNGA last month, Khan raised the Kashmir issueand demanded that India must lift the “inhuman curfew” in Kashmir andrelease all “political prisoners”.
