Share this comment
I think it is very important to keep attention on Jammu and Kashmir. I was very surprised, and disturbed to read this article on this situation, and see it did not mention the long, and still outstanding, UN Security Council Resolution 47, passed in 1948.unscr.com/en/resolution…
Resolution 47, called for a plebiscite to determine the stat…
I think it is very important to keep attention on Jammu and Kashmir. I was very surprised, and disturbed to read this article on this situation, and see it did not mention the long, and still outstanding, UN Security Council Resolution 47, passed in 1948.http://unscr.com/en/resolutions/47
Resolution 47, called for a plebiscite to determine the status of Jammu and Kashmir. Leaving out this aspect is to leave a large, and vital, portion of the picture obscured.
This resolution has never been allowed to proceed. Why don't the people of Jammu and Kashmir deserve their rights to self-determination? They should be allowed to have that plebiscite, held in a fair and safe manner. It's pretty clear that the Indian government, under the BJP, will never concede this issue. By not doing so, they would in keeping with the prior governments of India, but with a far heavier, and repressive hand.
The unfulfilled plebiscite is well recorded and very well reported. Lesser known is Operation Gulmarg and the use of ‘irregulars’ by the Pak army to take J&K by force. Acts which delivered J&K to India on a platter.
And I say this only to elaborate on things that happened and not to justify or deny either this or that.
Thank you for taking the time to read my piece and engaging with it.