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dated May 15, 1958 : Kashmir issue

Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad, the Kashmir Premier, who was inaugurating the Madhya Pradesh Jamait-ul-Ulema-i-Hind conference in Raipur on May 13, said there could not be a “bigger fraud” than Pakistan’s claim that “they want to secure for the Kashmiris the right of self-determination.” He said, “Not once but many a time the Kashmiris have exercised their right of self-determination and by a fair vote in a duly elected Constituent Assembly, decided to remain an integral part of India. Pakistan does not have a monopoly of Islam and Muslims. Islam has as much claim on India as on Pakistan and other countries. Religion cannot remain confined within the boundaries of a particular country. Universality is the guiding principle of Islam. Therefore, I want to repeat once more that no power on earth can dissolve the permanent political, social and cultural relationship between Kashmir and the rest of India cemented by bonds of blood and community of ideas.”

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