Times of Islamabad

In an embarrassing blow, US rejects Indian media reports linked with Occupied Kashmir role

In an embarrassing blow, US rejects Indian media reports linked with Occupied Kashmir role

*ISLAMABAD – The United States government has distanced its self fromIndia’s Article 370 move that revoked occupied Kashmir’s special status.*

In a tweet the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA) wrote:“Contrary to press reporting, the Indian government did not consult orinform the US Government before moving to revoke Jammu and Kashmir’sspecial constitutional status. – AGW”

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Contrary to press reporting, the Indian government did not consult orinform the US Government before moving to revoke Jammu and Kashmir’sspecial constitutional status. – AGW8,777 link7:48 PM – Aug 7, 2019linkTwitter Ads info and privacy link

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It is worth to mention here that, India scrapped a law that grants specialstatus to Indian-administered Kashmir amid an indefinite lockdown andmassive troop deployment in the disputed region.

The government, led by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),also moved a bill proposing the Jammu and Kashmir state be divided into two“union territories” directly ruled by New Delhi.