Modi To Mute Kashmir Issue On US Tour

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will highlight India’s many achievements and its role in the world and won’t put the spotlight on efforts to counter-terrorism as well as the Jammu and Kashmir issue during his week-long visit to the US starting this Saturday. India’s actions in Kashmir had hit global headlines after it scrapped the special status to Jammu and Kashmir. Though many world nations have backed India’s move, voices were raised on alleged human rights violations with even United Nations Organisation expressing its concern. WORLD UN Human Rights Council flags Kashmir lockdown, NRC impact Jammu and Kashmir are off the agenda, it appears, with India making it very explicit that it is indeed an internal matter. “Article 370 is an internal issue, there will be no discussion on it in the UN, we will have no discussion on it,” Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale said on Thursday. Apart from addressing the annual United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Modi’s schedule includes a bilateral meeting with US President Donald Trump in New York on September 24 and a diaspora event in Houston which will also be attended by the American leader.