Further to these remarks, the MEA also slammed Pakistan for holding a “so-called” election. “We have seen reports about the so-called elections in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. India’s position on this issue has been clear and consistent, and you are all well aware of it. Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are Union Territories, and their entire territory is an integral and inalienable part of India,” the MEA said, adding that “These whitewash elections being held there are an attempt by Pakistan to hide its illegal occupation of Jammu and Kashmir and its violation of the human rights of the people there. As we have said before, the protests underway there are the result of decades of systematic economic exploitation, the denial of fundamental rights, and administrative repression in Pakistan.”
