INDIA ASKS CPA TO CHANGE MEET VENUE FROM PAKISTAN
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Wednesday, 12 August 2015 | PNS | New Delhi
Toughening its stance further, India on Tuesday asked the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) to shift the venue of its annual conference from Islamabad, saying Pakistan has “forfeited” its right to host the meet by not inviting the Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Speaker in violation of the Association’s Constitution.
In a letter to CPA chairperson, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan also called for immediate settlement of the matter by ensuring invitation to the J&K Speaker. She reiterated that if the J&K Speaker was not invited, India would boycott the annual conference in Islamabad.
Referring to a meeting of the Speakers of all States on Friday, she said it was resolved to call upon the chairperson and CPA Executive Committee “to use her good offices to immediately resolve the matter” arising out of “unilateral” decision of Pakistan, failing which CPA India region, including the Union and State branches, will boycott the event.
Conveying the outcome of the meeting which was held last week, the Lok Sabha Speaker said the members felt Pakistan “forfeited” its right to host the 61st Conference by not inviting the Jammu & Kashmir CPA branch in violation of Article 8 of the CPA Constitution and that the venue of the conference be shifted to another country.
“I trust that as Chairperson of the Executive Committee, you would pursue the matter and ensure that the century-old traditions of the Commonwealth are upheld,” Mahajan said in the letter written on Saturday.
“The host Pakistan CPA branch has taken the unilateral decision not to extend invitation to Jammu & Kashmir CPA branch. This is not only in violation of the provisions of CPA Constitution, it is also against the principle that CPA is a membership organisation which has constitutionally been bound for over a century to invite all its member branches to the CPA annual conference so long as a branch is in good financial standing with the Association,” she said in the letter.
Last week, India had decided to boycott the conference in Islamabad from September 30 to October 8 in protest against Pakistan not inviting the Speaker of Jammu & Kashmir Assembly. Invitations for the conference have been sent to all the other Assembly Speakers in India.
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