"The Government of India must immediately intervene to check human rights violations in northern areas of Gilgit-Baltistan and it must take up with Pakistan the issue of unauthorised Chinese intrusion in the region," BJP national executive member and spokesperson Jitendra Singh told reporters here.
Referring to the Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly's (GBLA) resolution demanding complete provincial status for the region, Singh claimed that it will compromise India's legitimate claim over the territory.
"What is significant is the fact that local leaders and people of Gilgit-Baltistan are also not in favour of this resolution," he said.
The unanimous resolution taken by Parliament in 1994 binds India to take back all illegally occupied state territories from Pakistan, including PoK and Gilgit-Baltistan and merge them with this part of the state.
