Bharatiya Janata Party leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Friday praised India’s achievements as Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan didn’t raise the Kashmir issue at this year’s address in the UN general assembly (UNGA).
He said the world had finally accepted that Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India.
Erdogan, who has close relations with Pakistan, had raked up Kashmir issue on several occasions during international sessions including the UN general assembly sessions.
Chandrasehkhar said, “After the revocation of Article 370, J&K is witnessing a festival of democracy through the elections. The voter turnout in J&K is quite high as people are participating in voting in good numbers.”
“People have now understood that the Congress, National Conference (NC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) dynasties were running propaganda for more than 60 years in which they were calling J&K a disputed territory. It has now become history,” he said.
"J&K is now transforming and witnessing rapid development, since its status was changed to UT in 2019”, he added, saying youth from J&K will be an important part of in India’s vision of Viksit Bharat or developed India.”
Since the abrogation of article 370, in 2019, Erdogan had used his UNGA platform to criticise India’s policy in J&K, claiming that peace, prosperity, and stability were lacking in the Valley.
Soon after India revoked Article 370, Erdogan said, “In order for the Kashmiri people to look at a safe future together with their Pakistani and Indian neighbours, it is imperative to solve the problem through dialogue and on the basis of justice and equity, not through clashes.”
Marking a departure from his earlier stance this year, Erdogan focussed primarily on the Israel-Gaza conflict, sharply criticising the UN for what he described as turning the Palestinian territory into the “world’s largest cemetery.”
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