British MP slams oppn over Kashmir stand |
Amid a social media clash between British parliamentarians a week after India`s decision to change the status of Jammu and Kashmir, a Conservative lawmaker has stressed that the constitutional changes were an “internal matter” for India. In a strongly worded letter addressed to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in support of India, Bob Blackman said, “There is a widely respected convention that we do not interfere in the domestic affairs of a third country, especially a long-standing friend and ally like India. ”The spat among the parliamentarians started after the leader of the opposition Jeremy Corbyn took to Twitter to address the “disturbing” situation in the region and called for the implementation of the UN resolutions in the wake of the scrapping of Article 370 that accorded special status to Jammu and Kashmir.Corbyn`s tweet followed a letter from a British Labour MP who urged Johnson to take steps against the so-called “illegal” actions undertaken by New Delhi. In response to the provocative letter by the Labour MP, Blackman stated, “Whilst not wishing to break this convention, it appears very strange that Labour MPs are criticising the Indian Government for equalising the rights of all its citizens.”
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