NEW DELHI – Indian PM Modi’s government alleged of ‘biggest diplomaticblunder of India’s history’: Report of Indian media has revealed.
Indian National Congress on Wednesday described the Union government’sdecision to allow a delegation of Members of European Parliament (MEPs) tovisit Srinagar as the biggest ‘diplomatic blunder’ and asked Prime MinisterNarendra Modi to speak on the issue as it went against India’s statedpolicy that Kashmir is an internal matter.
“The truth is that this is the biggest diplomatic blunder in India’shistory. The Modi government has deliberately internationalised the Kashmirissue, violating our time-tested policy of Kashmir being an internalmatter’ of India,” Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said at apress conference.
Mr. Surjewala’s comments came almost immediately after a delegation of 23MEPs (Members of European Parliament) returned from a two-day trip ofKashmir for a ‘first-hand assessment of the ground situation in Kashmir.’
“The Modi government has committed grave sacrilege by introducing a thirdparty to assess the ground situation in Kashmir and that also through anunknown think tank. By doing so, it has caused an affront to India’ssovereign right over Jammu and Kashmir,link” hesaid, The Hindu has reported.
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The Congress, which plans to raise the issue in the coming winter sessionof Parliament, also asked the government to clarify about its its ‘links’with Madi Sharma, whose Women’s Economic and Social Think Tank (WESTT) hasorganised the ‘unofficial trip’ of the MEPs delegation, and called her an‘international broker’.Priyanka takes a dig at govt
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, meanwhile, in a tweet inHindi, said: “Farmers and unemployed youth of India don’t have the facilityto meet the Prime Minister, so that their problems can be heard. But yes,international business brokers like Madi Sharma can proudly write, ‘come toIndia, we will also bear your expenses. We have access to the PM’s Office,we will arrange a meeting with the PM.’ How did these business brokers haveaccess to the PMO.”
