LONDON – Top Indian leader has been left frustrated and embarassed over UKleader snub over Occupied Kashmir crisis.
India’s High Commission in London was infuriated after a UK’s Labour Partyleader highlighted a “humanitarian crisis” in the Indian occupied Kashmirand expressed solidarity with the Kashmiris.
UK’s shadow culture secretary and the deputy leader of the Labour Party,Tom Watson, used strong words to call out India over its aggression,violence, and human rights abuses in occupied Kashmir during the KashmirSolidarity Day rally outside Birmingham City Council.
Referring to the people he has been associated with over the past twodecades, Watson said: “I’ve never seen more worry on your faces than I’veseen in the last 25 days. You’re worried about your loved ones that youcan’t communicate with.”
The Labour Party leader noted that people in occupied Kashmir “do not getmedical supplies” and how “there’s no food or water or basic provisions”.
The ongoing media and communications blackout, as well as the lack of basicnecessities, “is what they call a humanitarian crisis”, he noted. “That isa responsibility for all of us in the international community.”
Infuriated by Watson’s words, the Indian High Commission in Londonresponded to the tweet, denying “facts on the ground” and saying: “Most ofthe phones working, no shortage of essential supplies and medicines, shopsopen, transport plying normally, most schools open, restrictions onmovement substantially relaxed.
“Life is returning to normal. The High Commission will keep updating,” itsaid in a tweet.