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Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 20: When on June 4 Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh declared in Pathankot that India shall never discuss this part of J&K with Pakistan and that the only issue which still remained between the two country to be resolved was the determination of the political future of POJK and Gilgit-Baltistan it was believed that the policy of India towards Pakistan and J&K had undergone a change and that New Delhi would think in terms of implementing the February 1994 Parliamentary resolution to retrieve POJK and Gilgit-Baltistan.
"There will be no talk with Pakistan on this part of J&K. We will discuss only POJK and Gilgit-Baltistan as they were part of India," he had, among other things, said while addressing civil society members in Pathankot. Besides, he had virtually held Pakistan responsible for the terror attack on the strategic Pathankot Airbase on January 2, 2016. A day before, spokesperson of the External Affairs Ministry Vikas Swarup had also made almost identical statement and gone to the extent of asking Pakistan to vacate the aggression. Both Rajnath Singh and Vikas Swarup had given the nation to understand that POJK and Gilgit-Baltistan were the only contentious issues between the two nations. Every one appreciated the Home Minister and the External Affairs Ministry.
However, on Sunday, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj surprised the nation by saying there were many issues which still remained unresolved between the two countries. Asserting that India wanted to resolve "all vexed issues with Pakistan" through talks, Swaraj said the Government was pursuing a three-point formula to deal with Islamabad the focus of which was that talks couldn't go on if Pakistan did not take action to contain terror.
"First, we want to solve every issue thorough talks. Second, talks will be between India and Pakistan and no third country or party will be its part. Third, terror and talks will not go hand-in-hand," Swaraj said while addressing a press conference in New Delhi. "There have been complex issues between the two countries and it would not be practical to expect their resolution soon," she also said.
Sushma Swaraj clearly contradicted Rajnath Singh by saying what she said. No wonder then that her statement surprised all those who only two weeks ago had commended Rajnath Singh and Vikas Swarup. It is, however, true that many had then also kept their fingers crossed by saying that "New Delhi could eat its words sooner than later". Sushma Swaraj had proved the critics right and those who appreciated the stand taken by the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and spokesperson of the MEA wrong. This is not the way the foreign affairs are managed. |
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