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He hailed people of Pir Panchal and Chenab Valley who, he said have rejected the demand of separate statehood for Jammu and made it clear that Jammu doesn’t mean two and a half districts, but it includes thousands of villages and towns from Pir Panchal to Chenab.

JK neither was, nor is integral part of India: Legislator RasheedFile Photo

Independent legislator and AIP supremo Er Rasheed on Monday said that the claim of Rajnath Singh that “J&K was, is and will remain India’s integral part” was far away from reality.

“J&K was never Integral Part of India but was in fact a sovereign country when Indians were slaves of Britishers,” Rasheed said, in a statement.

“If Rajnath Singh or any Indian is ruling Kashmir as on date, it is by the courtesy of barrel of gun,” he said. “Can Rajnath Singh answer what was the fun of sending all parties delegation, promising talks with all stake holders and begging for resolution from door to door.”

He hailed people of Pir Panchal and Chenab Valley who, he said have rejected the demand of separate statehood for Jammu and made it clear that Jammu doesn’t mean two and a half districts, but it includes thousands of villages and towns from Pir Panchal to Chenab.

He offered his full support to Greater Pir Panchal Unity Forum and said that every Kashmiri is of firm belief that the whole state is a disputed territory and demand of separate statehood by communal forces is just an attempt to dilute Kashmir cause.