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dated September 30, 1956: Kashmir's ties with India

The Union Home Minister, Pandit Pant, said in Srinagar on September 28 that Pakistan had no right whatsoever to talk about Kashmir. Speaking at a public reception, he said the statements made by Pakistani leaders professing love for the Muslims of Kashmir were ridiculous. "Pakistan has reduced the people of Azad Kashmir to starvation. The condition of the people living in East Pakistan is known to all." The people of Kashmir, on the other hand, were happy and contented. They were conscious of the fact that the secret of their prosperity and progress lay in the fact that they were part of India. Pandit Pant said the entire Islamic world was conscious of the fact that India had love and esteem for Muslims. This was manifest in the stand India took recently on the Suez issue. "We not only sympathised with Egypt but we became one with her. As against this, Pakistan sided with the US, France and Britain." Congratulating the people of Kashmir on following the cherished path of secular democracy, Pandit Pant said Kashmir was well set on the path of progress Credit for this went to Bakshi Ghulam Mohammed, the Kashmir Premier, who, he said, was one amongst the outstanding builders of new India. Speaking on the occasion, Bakshi Ghulam Mohammed declared that Kashmir's relations with India dated back to times immemorial. "Come what may, they will remain irrevocable and unbreakable."

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