J-K is India's internal matter, New Delhi must warn Pak, China, says Cong leader

Congress leader Jitendra Singh claimed that India should warn nations like Pakistan and China against any misadventures in Jammu and Kashmir issue. The Congress had strongly opposed the move and the bill to bifurcate the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories in both houses of Parliament and accused the government of taking the step when its state assembly was dissolved.

Alwar: Congress leader and former minister of state for defence Jitendra Singh on Friday said that the Centre should warn Pakistan and China with regards to their involvement in Jammu and Kashmir situation, as it is an internal issue.

Speaking to ETV Bharat, Singh further said that Congress Working Committee (CWC) had passed a resolution and leaders including former ministers are endorsing the official stand taken by the Congress Party.

The Congress has been a divided house after the government moved to end special status to Jammu and Kashmir by amending Article 370 with a presidential decree, and turn the state into two Union Territories.

While senior leaders like Ghulam Nabi Azad and P Chidambaram vehemently opposed the move in Rajya Sabha, senior party leaders, including Janardan Dwivedi, a Congress veteran and Gandhi family loyalist, took a different stand.

The former minister raised the issue of growing interference of countries like Pakistan and China in the internal matters of the nation.

"India needs to warm these nations against indulging in internal matters related to the nation," Singh said.

The CWC had earlier reaffirmed the party's position that Jammu and Kashmir including the areas under the illegal occupation of Pakistan and the part ceded by it to China are integral part of India.

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