India to boycott Commonwealth meet if host Pak doesn't invite J-K Speaker

August 07, 2015 17:14

India will boycott the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association's conference or the Commonwealth meet if the Jammu and Kashmir Speaker is not invited, says Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan. Islamabad is to host the meet to be held between September 30 and October 3.

Pakistan has ignored Jammu and Kashmir for the upcoming conference being hosted in Islamabad next month, citing 'disputed nature' of Kashmir as per UN resolutions. Though representatives of the Government of India and other states are among the invitees to the international program, no such invitation has been extended to J&K Government.

Representational pictures of the flags of the Commonwealth nations.

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