Day on, high command asks minister to explain J-K remark

The Congress high command has taken serious note of the statement by its associate member and Minister of State for Finance in the Mufti-led government, Babu Singh, that Kashmir is a trilateral issue between people of India, Pakistan and Kashmir.

He had also suggested that undivided J&K should be made a federal state and its foreign and defence affairs should be under the joint control of India and Pakistan.

In the state also, Singh’s statement has evoked a sharp reaction, and he has been asked to clarify his statement. “This is indiscipline. We have sought his clarification on his statement. The Party high command too is not happy. He has been asked to clarify his stand,’’ senior Congress leader and Deputy Chief Minister Mangat Ram Sharma told Express on Wednesday evening.