I dont have an objection to the European Union Parliament delegation visiting Jammu and Kashmir. What I object to is that the MPs of our own country are not being allowed to visit the place. I myself tried to visit Srinagar several times but I was sent back," he had said."Will the Prime Minister tell as to who is ‘Madi Sharma’? What is BJP’s connection to ‘Women’s Economic and Social Think Tank’ as also to the ‘International Institute for Non-aligned Studies’? Why and in what capacity is Madi Sharma fixing an appointment with the Prime Minister for a delegation of EU MPs on a personal visit and why is the Government of India facilitating it? Where is the money to finance the entire visit coming from? Why has MEA been completely sidelined?" he asked.This was the first time that a foreign delegation was allowed to visit Jammu and Kashmir post-abrogation of Article 370."Modi government has committed the gravest sin of reversing this policy over the last three days.The delegation of MEPs including Germanys Bernhard Zimniok, Lars Patrick Berg and Nicolaus Fest on Tuesday visited Jammu and Kashmir to assess the ground situation in the region following the Centres decision to strip the region of its special status under Article 370 of the Constitution on August 5. He said that it has been India’s time-tested policy over the last 72 years that Kashmir is its internal issue and it will never accept any interference or third party mediation of any nature from any government or group of people or organisation or any individual.
The Congress leader said that PM Modi has committed the biggest diplomatic Wholesale aquarium water pump for sale blunder in Indias history by outsourcing diplomacy to an ‘International Business Broker’.On Tuesday, Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member Ghulam Nabi Azad also slammed the BJP-led Central government for allowing EU parliamentarians to visit Jammu and Kashmir, but not the countrys opposition leaders.Senior Communist Party of India (CPI) leader Binoy Viswam had also written to PM Modi expressing his reservation over the Centres decision to invite European Union (EU) parliamentarians to visit Jammu and Kashmir, but allegedly disallowing Indian MPs and "responsible citizens" to visit Kashmir."Over last three days, India witnessed an immature, ill-advised and ill-conceived PR exercise of BJP government organised by an ‘International Business Broker’, in which 27 members of European Parliament were brought to India by a non-descript think tank with questionable credentials to meet with the Prime Minister, visit Kashmir and hold press briefing," he added.Surjewala, further said that out of 27, only 23 went to Kashmir on a BJP government facilitated trip. When our own Members of Parliament and Leaders of Opposition visit Kashmir, they are detained and deported from the airport.New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government of committing gravest sin by reversing India’s time-tested policy of no third party interference or mediation in the Kashmir matter. "By doing so, the government has caused an affront to India’s sovereign right over Jammu and Kashmir. It has insulted India’s Parliament and our democratic spirit.