London: Efforts to rake up the alleged human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir by backbenchers in the UK Parliament virtually fell flat as the debate on the issue drew few takers, even as the government here asserted that it was for India and Pakistan to resolve the problem bilaterally.
"No matter how well intentioned, any attempts by the UK or other third parties to mediate or prescribe solutions (to Kashmir issue) would hinder progress," Britain's Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Alistair Burt said replying to the debate on "Human Rights on the Indian Subcontinent" in the House of Commons Thursday evening.
The motion, moved by Steve Baker of the Conservative Party, was taken up at the initiative of 'backbenchers' and there was no vote on it. Less than 30 members of the 640-strong House of Commons attended the debate.
Miffed over British Parliament's moves to discuss alleged human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir, India on Thursday said it has taken "due note of the issue" and asserted there were effective mechanisms within the country's democratic framework to address any grievance or any aberration....
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