Jaishankar rejects Indian-American Congresswoman's resolution on Kashmir

Pramila Jayapal's resolution is not a 'fair characterization' of the situation in Kashmir, says India.

The Congressional resolution on Kashmir introduced by Pramila Jayapal is not a fair characterisation of the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said, asserting that he has no interest in meeting Indian-American Congresswoman and lawmakers who are neither objective nor open to discussion and have already made up their mind.

Jayapal, who was born in Chennai and is the first Indian-American women elected to the House of Representatives, earlier this month announced she will introduce a resolution on Kashmir.

The pending resolution, introduced after several weeks of efforts by the 54-year-old Jayapal, urges India to lift as