Congress Leader of Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

Radio Pakistan used Rahul Gandhi’s tweet to write that ‘national integration is not furthered by unilaterally tearing apart Jammu and Kashmir, imprisoning elected representatives and violating the Constitution’

On Tuesday, Radio Pakistan used former Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Congress Leader of Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury to attack India.

Radio Pakistan used Rahul Gandhi’s tweet to write that ‘national integration is not furthered by unilaterally tearing apart Jammu and Kashmir, imprisoning elected representatives and violating the Constitution’

They also raked up Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury’s gaffe in Lok Sabha where the Cong leader asked: “You say that it is an internal matter, but it is being monitored since 1948 by the UN, is that an internal matter? We signed the Shimla Agreement and Lahore Declaration, was that an internal matter or bilateral?"

Incidentally, leader of Congress’ Parliamentary Party Sonia Gandhi was displeased with Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury’s faux paus and looked horrified when he made the utterance sitting next to her.

Adhir Defends Himself After Storm

Caught in a storm over his remarks in the Lok Sabha, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Tuesday sought to wriggle out of his statement that Kashmir is not an internal issue of India saying the region has been under international attention for long.

"If anybody wants to manufacture controversy, then I don't have anything to say on it. What I have said inside the Parliament is on record. But I would request all the concerned media persons and government also that they should divide everything in its entirety.

"They should not indulge in cut and paste policy. Since 1948, Kashmir has been under the monitoring mechanism of the United Nations. So,in the wake of bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir state, what should be the stand and status of our country and also Jammu and Kashmir?" he told ANI after his remarks in the Lok Sabha created flutters in political circles.

The Congress MP from Behrampur in West Bengal said that Kashmir has always been under international attention. 

Adhir Says He Sought A Clarification

"I simply sought clarification from the government but they are manufacturing my clarification. I simply express my regret on it. Kashmir has always been under the attention of the international forum. If Kashmir issue is so easy, why should this govt yesterday address the embassy people (diplomats) of various countries? I simply sought a clarification from the government," he added.

Raising a query over the status of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), he said "In this parliament in 1994, we adopted a resolution that Pakistan-occupied Kashmir has to be restored. It has to be brought into the ambit of our country. Now once Jammu and Kashmir has been bifurcated, what shall be the status of PoK?

He said the government has not mentioned anything about PoK in the Bill. 

Questioning India's long-established position, the Congress leader earlier in the day threw a shocker in the Lok Sabha, asking how was Kashmir issue an "internal matter" if "United Nations is monitoring it since 1948."