New Delhi: Activists Kiran Bedi and Swami Agnivesh on Thursday disagreed with lawyer Prashant Bhushan's views on Jammu and Kashmir, saying one should uphold Jammu and Kashmir's integration with India as full and final.
"This is Bhushan's personal view. I am for better governance and people integration of Jammu and Kashmir," Bedi, who is currently in Amsterdam, said.
Bhushan was attacked on Wednesday by three youths belonging to a right-wing group for his advocacy of plebiscite in Kashmir. Last week, he had said that there could be a referendum in Kashmir.
Condemning the attack, Agnivesh said dissenting voices should not be silenced by the use of force though he was for upholding Jammu and Kashmir's integration with India as full and final.
"Citizens should uphold Jammu and Kashmir's integration with India as full and final. There can be no going back to pre-1947 situation. There can be no situation in which any part of the Indian territory or people can be allowed to secede," Agnivesh said.
He said the government and political parties unitedly come up with a time bound action plan to fully integrate PoK with India.
"The large-scale presence of Chinese troops in PoK should be taken as a threat to India's overarching sovereignty. This threat must be dealt with all the seriousness it deserves and earnestly.
"At the same time we must ensure that human rights of our people living in Jammu and Kashmir are not violated.
Dissenting voices of certain individuals or groups as long as they are being raised through non-violent and constitutional methods should not be silenced by the use of force," he said.
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