India to boycott Commonwealth meet in Pakistan
PTI, NEW DELHI
PTI, NEW DELHI: India will boycott a Commonwealth Parliamentary Union meeting in Islamabad in September in protest against Pakistan not inviting the speaker of Jammu Kashmir assembly, a decision that comes amid tensions over two terror attacks in Punjab and JK.
A meeting of speakers of all states here today unanimously decided that India will boycott the meeting of the CPU if the speaker of the Jammu Kashmir assembly is not invited, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan told reporters after the meeting.
This follows Pakistan not sending an invitation to Jammu Kashmir speaker to the inter-parliamentary union meeting to be held from September 30 to October 8 in Islamabad while invitations have been sent to all the other speakers in India.
The decision come against the backdrop of simmering tensions between the two countries over the recent terror attacks in Gurdaspur in Punjab and near Udhampur in JK by terrorists, perpetrated by terrorists who had infiltrated from Pakistan.
