On Tuesday, Congress’s Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi slammed the Modi government over allowed MPs from the European parliament to visit Kashmir.
He wrote on Twitter: “MPs from Europe are welcome to go on a guided tour of Jammu & #Kashmir while Indian MPs are banned & denied entry. There is something very wrong with that.”
The delegation of European Union Members of Parliament (MPs) which met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and NSA Ajit Doval here on Monday, left for Kashmir on Tuesday morning.
On October 28, it was reported that the delegation will meet Jammu and Kashmir administration officials. The delegation will also call on Governor and meet local residents in Srinagar during the visit, sources had said. The Prime Minister, while welcoming the delegation at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg today, had expressed hope that they will have a fruitful visit to various parts of the country including Jammu and Kashmir.
The delegation comprised Poland's Joana Kopcinska, Grzegorz Tobiszowski, Ryszard Czarnecki, Kosma Zlotowski, Bogdan Rzonca, Elzbieta Rafalska; Italy's Silvia Sardone, Gianna Gancia, Fulvio Martusciello, Guiseppe Ferrandino; France's France Jamet, Nicholas Bay, Virginie Joron, Julie Lechanteux, Maxette Pirbakas, and Thierry Mariani.
The other members included Germany's Bernhard Zimniok, Lars Patrick Berg, Spain's Hermann Tertsch, Belgium's Tom Vandendriessche, UK's David Richard Bull, Bill Newton Dunn Alexandra Phillips, James Wells, Nathan Gill, Czech Republic's Tomas Zdechobsky, and Slovakia's Peter Pollak. National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval also addressed the delegation during the visit.
