Srinagar: Pro-India Internationalist Democratic Party (IDP) on Tuesday said that the formerly princely state of Jammu and Kashmir was enslaved by India, Pakistan and China soon after the partition of the sub-continent in 1947.
“The truth is that India was a slave when Kashmir was free. When India gained freedom, Kashmir was enslaved by the three countries. 70000 acres of land of our state is held by Pakistan, 49000 acres by China and 1, 38,000 acres by India. Our state has been divided. We have been devastated,” senior IDP leader, Kulbushan Singh said while addressing a gathering on the second day of the peace conference being held at SK international convention complex (SKICC) here this afternoon.
“Desires can’t bring peace. It is time for the people of Kashmir to think before both the countries ruin us,” he added.
Lashing out at India, the IDP leader said that the government of India was not serious in resolving the Kashmir issue. He said that the involvement of people of Jammu and Kashmir was imperative for any dialogue process to succeed.
“New Delhi doesn’t want peace to prevail in Kashmir. They don’t want to resolve Kashmir issue,” he said.
He said that Kashmir has been a flashpoint between the two arch rivals and elections in both the countries were being fought with Kashmir as the main agenda.
“Both the countries want to keep the conflict going for their personal interests,” he said.
The IDP, he said aspires for a peaceful solution to the Kashmir issue for which peace conferences are being held in different states of the country
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