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US Congressman backs India on Kashmir, says 'Article 370 revocation allowed govt to address issues of stagnant economy, youth unemployment'
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ANI
11 January 2020
Washington DC [USA], Dec 11 (ANI): US Congressman Scott Perry on Friday voiced strong support for the Indian government's move to revoke Article 370 of the Constitution, saying that the move has allowed the government to address the stagnant economy and high youth unemployment plaguing the Jammu and Kashmir region by providing economic opportunity and sound governance.

Perry joined five other US congressmen, namely Republicans Joe Wilson, Pete Olson, Paul Gosar, George Holding, and Francis Rooney, who in the past have voiced their support for the move.

In his statement at the US House of Representatives, Perry said that he stands with India in its aspiration to provide equal economic, social, and political opportunities to all citizens.

"As part of this pursuit, two-thirds of the Indian Parliament voted last year to change the status of Jammu and Kashmir. This vote allowed the Government of India to address the stagnant economy and high youth unemployment plaguing the region by providing economic opportunity and sound governance," Perry said.

The Congressman said that the people of Jammu and Kashmir have battled economic depression and forces of extremism and radicalisation for a long time and that the regional stability provided by the government with the move will give these people "a better way forward and hope for the future."

Perry is a fourth-term Republican Congressman from Pennsylvania who serves on two important House Committees - Foreign Affairs and Transportation and Infrastructure. By virtue of being part of the Foreign Affairs sub-Committee on Asia and the Pacific, he is a close observer of dynamics in the region and the instability wreaked by state-sponsored terrorism.

On March 27, last year, he had introduced House Resolution 261 to condemn the Pulwama terrorist attack and stated, "Pakistan has a long history of harbouring terrorists and terrorist sympathizers, despite continued American efforts to root out bad actors in the region. Actively choosing lax enforcement has cost innocent lives and emboldens radicals to perpetuate similar attacks. Enough is enough; now's the time to hold the Pakistani government accountable."

Several Republicans in the past have voiced their support on the government's move on Kashmir, including Joe Wilson, a tenth-term congressman from South Carolina. Other Congressmen include Pete Olson, who, in November, last year, said that the move "creates equality for all citizens".

Paul Gosar, a fifth-term Congressman from Arizona, in a strong statement submitted for the House record on 23 December 2019, had said that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi " has made it clear that this change was necessary to facilitate peace and economic prosperity. I applaud Prime Minister Modi and the Parliament for their leadership on ensuring the stability of Jammu-Kashmir. Madam Speaker, I would also like to commend the Trump Administration's continued work with Prime Minister Modi to ensure peace within the region."

Congressman George Holding, a Republican from North Carolina, was the first to issue a statement in support of the move on 31 October 2019.

"Article 370 might have worked well for those with political connections, but it denied economic opportunities for the people. It also created a polarizing environment that was exploited politically." He said further, "The Modi Government had to make a decision on whether to continue with the old policy or to pursue progress by changing the region's legal status," Holding had said.

In his statement on "recognizing the critical US-India relationship", Congressman Francis Rooney, had noted that "India faces many regional and geopolitical threats. Islamic insurgents are a constant threat, spreading terror throughout Jammu and Kashmir and elsewhere in India. We should support the government in Delhi in the continued fight against terror." (ANI)
 
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Full Statement by Rep. Perry:

THE U.S.-INDIA ALLIANCE

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HON. SCOTT PERRY

of pennsylvania

in the house of representatives

Thursday, January 9, 2020

Mr. PERRY. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the strong
relationship between the United States and India. Since our two
countries established diplomatic relations in 1946 through the 2005
launch of our strategic partnership, the United States and India have
had a long and storied history. I thank Ambassador Shringla for his
friendship and his deep commitment to maintaining our strong US-India
alliance. I wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors.
I stand with India in their aspiration to provide equal economic,
social, and political opportunities to all citizens. As part of this
pursuit, two-thirds of the Indian Parliament voted last year to change
the status of Jammu and Kashmir. This vote allowed the government of
India to address the stagnant economy and high youth unemployment
plaguing the region by providing economic opportunity and sound
governance. The residents of Jammu and Kashmir have battled economic
depression and forces of extremism and radicalization for too long. The
regional stability now provided by government will give residents of
Jammu and Kashmir a better way forward and hope for the future.


https://www.congress.gov/congressio...ions-of-remarks-section/article/e22-4?s=1&r=5

Pretty important, considering Rep. Perry is the chair of the Freedom Caucus and a close ally of President Trump.
 
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What a Shame, Human rights for muslims??? forget it they are children of lesser god..

Innocent people of Jamu and Kashmir are incarcerated since last 4 months, nature never lets any tyrannical power survive for long.
 
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What a Shame, Human rights for muslims??? forget it they are children of lesser god..

Innocent people of Jamu and Kashmir are incarcerated since last 4 months, nature never lets any tyrannical power survive for long.
Raising human rights living in a Islamic country .
 
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What a Shame, Human rights for muslims??? forget it they are children of lesser god..

Innocent people of Jamu and Kashmir are incarcerated since last 4 months, nature never lets any tyrannical power survive for long.
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"creates equality for all citizens".
No it doesn't. Even leaving the state terror atrocities committed by Indian security forces against Kashmiris aside briefly.

Abrogation of 370 actually strips Kashmiris of their rights and protected status as guaranteed by the state of India many decades ago.

The people and elected officials were not asked regarding the abrogation - another guarantee made to them previously that Delhi did not honour - but it was simply imposed forcibly by governor decree.

If India was so desperate over simple matters of social "equality", it could simply have removed or reworked anything it saw as discriminatory against gender or religion, and be done with it.

Instead, Delhi has repealed and trashed its own guarantees to the kashmiri people. Delhi isn't interested in simple development of Kashmir, or indeed its Muslim females who are suffering so miserably (!) under discriminatory legislature, but rather it wants colonisation and development of a Hindu Kashmir.

Therefore, this process strips kashmiris of their rights of ownership of their land and control over their destiny and when no such denial of these rights exists elsewhere in India, how can this be creating equality for all?

When Delhi installed a directly ruling governor because democratic elections did not create the desired outcome, how can the steps leading to 370 abrogation be regarded as paving the way for equality?

Did the senator bother asking where Kashmir's democratically elected officials currently are? What crime did they commit against the state or anyone that they should remain locked away indefinitely or barred from political activity? How is summarily locking up the democratically elected officials of a state under military emergency powers enhancing anything in Kashmir other than military rule and dictatorship?

This is imposition of dictatorship in Kashmir, which is actually the opposite of enhancing "equality" and "opportunities".

ANI and the Congress members in question need to start by reading a dictionary instead of inventing pure fantasy. Isn't ANI the same journal that claimed India had a world leading aircraft carrier??

That this group of individuals in US made such nonsensical statements about a clear abrogation of democratic process and reversal of freedom and equality simply reveals the ample time and effort and treasure devoted to such propaganda by the nation state of Hindustan.
 
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Received Indian dollars. Money buys anything including a US congressman.

Pakistan needs to br prepared at all cost. The US has a reputation of backstabbing at the very last second.
 
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US Representative Paul Gosar of Arizona praises Modi for promoting peace in Jammu and Kashmir by abrogating Article 370

RECOGNIZING PRIME MINISTER MODI'S EFFORTS TO PROMOTE PEACE WITHIN JAMMU
AND KASHMIR

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HON. PAUL A. GOSAR

of arizona

in the house of representatives

Monday, December 23, 2019

Mr. GOSAR. Madam Speaker, I rise today to highlight the current
situation in Jammu and Kashmir within the greater context of the Indo-
Pakistani conflict.
Just recently, the Indian Parliament passed legislation that changed
the status of Jammu and Kashmir by modifying provisions that impeded
economic development and affording the people of Jammu-Kashmir the same
rights as the people of India.
Article 370, an outdated provision of the law that governed Jammu-
Kashmir, is no more. Article 370 and the polarized political
environment that it created resulted in the loss of thousands of
innocent lives within the region.
Pakistani-based terrorist organizations such as Lashkar-e-Taiba have
conducted terrorist attacks that have disrupted the society and economy
of Jammu-Kashmir. They have attacked innocent women and children, and
agricultural workers.
Prime Minister Modi has made it clear that this change was necessary
to facilitate peace and economic prosperity. I applaud Prime Minister
Modi and the Parliament for their leadership on ensuring the stability
of Jammu-Kashmir.
Madam Speaker, I would also like to commend the Trump
Administration's continued work with Prime Minister Modi to ensure
peace within the region.
https://www.congress.gov/congressio...ns-of-remarks-section/article/e1640-2?s=2&r=2

Now we know he's on Indian payroll.

most Republicans have supported India on Kashmir. Even most mainstream Democrats like joe Biden have supported India and Modi, it's only the far left wing democrats like Bernie who oppose India.
 
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Curious about where all the newly-approved Pakistani lobbying money is going. So far the only major devlopment Pakistan has been able to acheive in DC is a DOA motion in the House.
 
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