NEW DELHI, Aug 14: Parliament today rejected the resolutions passed by the National Assembly of Pakistan making ”baseless and unfounded allegations against the Indian Army and the people of India”.
Speaker Meira Kumar and Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari placed a counter resolution in their respective Houses, which said, ”There should be absolutely no doubt in anyone’s mind including members of the Pakistan National Assembly that it was the Pakistan Army that was involved in the unprovoked attack on an Indian Army patrol on our side of the LoC on August 6, 2013.
”It is unfortunate that Pakistan chose to indulge in such unprovoked attacks at a time when efforts were being made to establish a long lasting framework of peaceful, friendly and cooperative ties so that both the countries may henceforth devote their resources and energies to pressing task of advancing the welfare of their people.”
The resolution cleared India’s position vis-a-vis Pakistan once again saying India was not a threat either to Pakistan or its people.
”India is not a threat to Pakistan or the people of Pakistan. It is the terrorist groups that have been nurtured by Pakistan to target India and have become the biggest threat to peace in the region,” it said.
Condemning the action of Pakistan Army, the resolution reiterated that entire Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India.
”The entire Jammu and Kashmir including the territory forcibly and illegally occupied by Pakistan is an integral part of India and will remain so…” it said.
The Lok Sabha, paying tributes to the security personnel killed in Pakistani firing, called upon Pakistan to abide by the 2003 ceasefire along the international border and the LoC both in letter and spirit.
(UNI)
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