India on Thursday said Pakistan’s proposed election in Gilgit-Baltistan hadno legal ground. The official spokesperson of the Ministry of ExternalAffairs, Anurag Srivastava, said India considered the entire region ofJammu and Kashmir to be its integral part.
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“Any action by Pakistan to alter the status of the militarily occupiedso-called ‘Gilgit-Baltistan’ has no legal basis whatsoever and is totallyvoid ab-initio. Our position has always been clear and consistent.
The entire territories of the Union Territories [UTs] of Jammu and Kashmirand Ladakh have been and are an integral part of India and would remainso”, he stated.
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India considers Gilgit and Baltistan as part of the undivided Jammu andKashmir. Its new political map published in November 2019 depicts the UTsof J&K and Ladakh consist of Gilgit-Baltistan.
