According to national assembly secretariat, as many as 27 out of 32 legislative assemblies of India including Lok Sabha were invited for participation in the conference.
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The state government, which has already heightened the security following the Udhampur terrorist attack, has also stepped up vigil in and around the three airports located in Jammu, Srinagar and Leh, the report said.
In 1948, with the evolution of Commonwealth, the name was changed to CPA and the rules were changed to enable all member Branches to participate in the Association’s management, and established a separate Secretariat to manage its affairs.
“It is wrong (on the part of Pakistan)”. Talking about bilateral talks with India, Sartaj Aziz said Pakistan had not as yet responded to India on the national security advisers’ meeting proposed by the latter on August 23 in New Delhi. “It can only give us a false sense of satisfaction about isolating Pakistan, while in fact, we unnecessarily paint ourselves into a corner”.
In Pakistan, defence minister Khwaja Muhammad Asif asked India to “end blame game” and come forward with a fresh mind for peace talks.
The LS official said the meeting chaired by Mahajan adopted a unanimous resolution, condemning “unilateral decision” of Pakistan to not invite J&K to the nine-day conference that would start on September 30. J&K was represented by the Speaker Kavinder Gupta. If India blames Pakistan for terrorism inside the country, Pakistan retaliates by accusing India of interfering in its internal troubles. Reportedly, Pakistan has said the speaker was not invited, as IHK is a disputed territory.
“We will never invite the speaker of occupied Jammu and Kashmir Assembly”, he said.
Here it may be mentioned that Pakistan has violated the ceasefire at least 12 times this month and this was the third consecutive ceasefire violation by Pakistan in the last 24 hours.
Two men have been arrested in South Kashmir for allegedly helping Pakistani terrorist Mohammad Naveed in the days that resulted in the Udhampur attack, media reports said on Saturday.
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India’s Parliament and Assemblies are treated as “India region” and all the Assemblies are the members of the CPA.
