Business Standard

Sunday, January 19, 2025 | 01:00 PM ISTEN Hindi

Notification Icon
userprofile IconSearch

ABHM asks PM to reserve 5 seats for PoK residents in

Image

Press Trust of India New Delhi
The Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha (ABHM) has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reserve 5 seats in Parliament for residents of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK) on the lines of 24 seats reserved for them in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly.

In a letter to the Prime Minister, the Mahasabha president Chandra Prakash Kaushik also demanded a high-level probe into the allegations levelled by Army Chief Gen Dalbir Singh against Union minister and former army chief V K Singh and action against the guilty.

"The manner in which 24 seats have been reserved in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly for residents of PoK, five seats should be reserved for them in Indian Parliament also which will help strengthen India's claim over PoK and provide representation to the residents in Indian Parliament," he said in his letter to Modi.
 

Kaushik and other Mahasabha leaders also demanded that India should raise the issue of return of PoK to India at the United Nations, besides the issue of atrocities and human rights violations in Balochistan.

The right-wing outfit said that any talks with Pakistan should be on its shunning terror and forcing it to stop its support to terrorists and infiltration into the country.

Disclaimer: No Business Standard Journalist was involved in creation of this content

Don't miss the most important news and views of the day. Get them on our Telegram channel

First Published: Aug 19 2016 | 9:13 PM IST

Explore News