Won’t Accept Mediation On Kashmir: Rajnath Singh

New Delhi: Amid the uproar, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh declared on Wednesday that there is “no question of accepting anybody’s mediation on the Kashmir issue” but Congress members walked out demanding a statement from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Rajnath Singh told the Lok Sabha that External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s assertion that Modi did not ask US President Donald Trump to mediate on Kashir should be taken as most authentic because he was present when the two leaders met in Japan. Responding to the opposition’s insistence that the Prime Minister should speak, Singh maintained that “there was no talk on Kashmir”. “It is true that talks between the US President and our Prime Minister took place but there was no talk on the Kashmir issue. “I also want to clarify that there is no question of accepting anybody’s mediation on Kashmir issue,” he said, adding that this would violate the 1972 Shimla Agreement. (IANS)

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