India has full rights to take call on JK after Pak violated UN charter

Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said India had full rights to take any decision on Jammu and Kashmir as Pakistan had violated the UN charter in 1965 through aggression, ending the issue of referendum.

Replying to a debate on the resolution for abrogating some provisions of Article 370 and the Jammu and Kashmir reorganisation bill, Shah said under the United Nations charter, armed forces of a nation would not violate the territorial integrity of other country.

"The day in 1965 Pakistan violated this provision, the charter was violated. The question of a referendum ended with the Pakistani aggression. Hence, Government of India has full rights to take any decision regarding its territorial integrity. This was even agreed to by the UN," he said.

Shah asked the opposition who took the Kashmir matter to the UN and who brought in a unilateral ceasefire in 1948.

"It was (former prime minister) Jawaharlal Nehru who took Kashmir issue to the UN. Had our forces given a free hand to deal with the situation, PoK would have been a part of India today", he said.

Shah also slammed Congress leader Adhir Rajan Chowdhury who stoked a controversy by seeking to know from the government whether Jammu and Kashmir was an internal matter or a bilateral issue, saying the UN was monitoring the situation there since 1948.

He challenged the opposition to clarify their stand on the floor of the House, whether they support UN meditation in Kashmir.

"The opposition in a way has questioned the competence of Parliament by raising this point," he said.

Shah asked the members, "How can patriots of India who can sacrifice their lives for the country not get perturbed by such a question?"