Jammu&Kashmir Lockdown Elicits Frowns From US, UK

Indian Government’s organized euphoria over its huge diplomatic success in isolating Pakistan is over by now with the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs demanding that India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi immediately lift the sanctioned curfew in Kashmir. This stance of European Parliament as also the sentiments expressed by most of the British MPs who took part in the discussions on Kashmir situation on Wednesday is a major setback to India and this shows that all the so-called magic touch of our Prime Minister to diplomacy given at the recent G-7 meeting, has made no impact.

The continued lockdown in Kashmir valley and the restrictions on civil liberties for nearly a month have been costing India’s image heavily. The European Parliament’s committee has requested the European External Action Service, the EU’s foreign ministry, to submit a full report comprising a violation of human rights and international law in Kashmir.