New Delhi: India today firmly told Pakistan that the entire Union Territories of Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh were and will always be its integral and inalienable part and said that after the Constitutional changes in 2019, the people of the region are now able to realise their full potential as in other parts of the country.
Speaking at the the 41st Session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group which is being held from November 7-18 at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) here, Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta also slammed Pakistan for raking up the Kashmir issue at the forum.
“The entire Union Territories of Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh were and will always be an integral and inalienable part of India,” Mehta said at the UNHRC, where the Universal Periodic Review of India’s human rights record is currently underway.
Mehta said that after the constitutional changes and reorganisation of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, the people of the region are now able to realize their full potential as in other parts of the country.
His response came after the Pakistan delegate raised the issue of Jammu and Kashmir during his remarks at the review process.
The Pakistani delegate made six recommendations, including reversal of steps taken since August 2019 and access to independent observers to the region.
