(Video) Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV) The Big Picture: Gilgit-Baltistan Polls Illegal

Topic: Gilgit-Baltistan Polls Illegal

Guest:

• Dilip Sinha, (Former Ambassador)
• Maj. Gen. Dhruv C. Katoch (Retd., Director, India Foundation)
• Shakti Sinha, (Foreign Affairs Expert)

Topic Description:

A Pakistani human rights activist has called Islamabad's move to fortify its occupation of Gilgit-Baltistan by holding elections in the region illegal. He has urged people in Gilgit-Baltistan to boycott the polls sponsored by Pakistan. Earlier this month, the Ministry of External Affairs issued a “strong protest” over an order by the Pakistan Supreme Court allowing the Imran Khan government to hold elections in the region of Gilgit-Baltistan of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. The government said it had issued a demarche to protest what it called Pakistan’s attempt to make “material changes” to the disputed area, by bringing federal authority to Gilgit-Baltistan, which has functioned as a “provincial autonomous region” since 2009.

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Courtesy: RSTV