Swamy says Nehru messed up Kashmir issue
18 Nov 2014 5:37 AM IST
BJP leader Subramanian Swamy Monday accused India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru of being ‘short-sighted’ and ‘contributing immensely’ to the Kashmir issue. ‘There is no record whatsoever in our parliamentary history that Nehru consulted his cabinet before going to the United Nations with the issue,’ Swamy said at a book release function.
Nehru’s agreement to a plebiscite on Jammu and Kashmir’s accession to India was illogical as there were states with Hindu majority that went to Pakistan simply because their rulers signed agreements with the Pakistan government, he said. ‘It was his mistake and the subsequent governments are not bound to follow what he did personally,’ he said.
Nehru’s agreement to a plebiscite on Jammu and Kashmir’s accession to India was illogical as there were states with Hindu majority that went to Pakistan simply because their rulers signed agreements with the Pakistan government, he said. ‘It was his mistake and the subsequent governments are not bound to follow what he did personally,’ he said.
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