New Delhi (NVI) : India today slammed Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan for his “intemperate” comments on the new domicile law notified for Jammu and Kashmir and said “repeated attempts to interfere in India’s internal affairs will not make its untenable claims any more acceptable”.
External Affairs Ministry spokesman Raveesh Kumar asserted that Pakistan has no locus standi on any aspect related to Jammu and Kashmir.
“We have seen the intemperate remarks by Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on India. With regard to the Indian Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir, it is very clear that Pakistan has no locus standi whatsoever on any aspect pertaining to it,” Kumar said in a statement.
He was reacting to critical comments made by Khan after the Union Home Ministry issued a Gazette notification outlining the domicile rules for reservation in government jobs in Jammu and Kashmir.
“Repeated attempts to interfere in India’s internal affairs will not make its untenable claims any more acceptable,” the MEA spokesman said.
“If Pakistan really wants to contribute to the welfare of the people of J&K, it could do so best by ending cross-border terrorism and desisting from its campaign of violence and false propaganda,” Kumar added.
