The elections held in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir prior this week had been an effort with the aid of Islamabad to "camouflage its unlawful occupation" of the area, India said on Thursday.
Ministry of exterior Affairs Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi asserted that Pakistan has "no locus standi on these Indian territories" and referred to as on it to vacate all Indian areas below its unlawful occupation.
On Monday, prime Minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf birthday party received the elections to the fifty three-member Pakistan-occupied Kashmir assembly. The country's opposition parties, the Pakistan Peoples birthday celebration and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, have accused Khan's birthday celebration of "rigging" the elections, PTI pronounced.
"India has lodged a strong protest with the Pakistani authorities on this cosmetic pastime, which has been protested and rejected by way of the native americans," Bagchi spoke of. "Such an exercise can neither disguise the unlawful occupation through Pakistan nor the grave human rights violations, exploitation and denial of freedom to the individuals in these occupied territories."
Legally, Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, which Pakistanis name Azad Jammu and Kashmir, is an self sustaining self-governing territory. however, the Kashmir Council – a nominated 14-member physique headed with the aid of the top Minister of Pakistan – conveniently holds most of the powers in the vicinity.
In November 2020, Pakistan held elections to the Gilgit-Baltistan territory, which is also part of undivided Jammu and Kashmir. at that time as smartly, India had conveyed its "effective protest" towards the elections.
The MEA spokesperson on Thursday also strongly objected to references made to Jammu and Kashmir in a fresh joint press remark via Pakistan and China. Jammu-Kashmir and Ladakh were and should proceed to continue to be essential and inalienable parts of India, Bagchi stated.
Bagchi introduced that the "so-known as CPEC [China Pakistan Economic Corridor] is in India's territory, that has been illegally occupied with the aid of Pakistan, and...we resolutely oppose any makes an attempt by different international locations to change the status quo in areas illegally occupied by way of Pakistan".
The China Pakistan financial hall, which passes via Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, carries a network of infrastructure and power projects. it's a vital part of Beijing's $900 billion Belt and road Initiative.
On TalibanThe MEA also reacted to Taliban leaders touring China on Wednesday and meeting the leadership there. India is carefully monitoring the developments in Afghanistan, Bagchi talked about.
"i need to reiterate that India and the world needs to look an impartial, sovereign, democratic, and good Afghanistan which is at peace with itself and its neighbours," the MEA spokesperson noted. "Unilateral imposition of will with the aid of any birthday party usually are not democratic, can not result in steadiness and cannot give legitimacy."
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