Summary Pakistani delegates were in India on an unofficial visit but were neither welcomed nor introduced.
NEW DELHI (Dunya News) – Delegation of Pakistani parliamentarian on an unofficial visit to India was severely neglected at Indian Lok Sabha.
Delegation comprising Senator Mushahidullah Khan, Maiza Hameed Gujjar, Awais Laghari and MQM’s Rashid Godil led by Jahangir Tareen is in India on an unofficial visit where their visit to the Lok Sabha was arranged by Congress leader Mani Shankar Ayer.
Rashid Godil and Maiza Hameed while talking to an Indian channel said they were not allowed entry to view the proceedings of the Lok Sabha session because Speaker’s security staff didn’t let them in adding that they kept sitting in guest’s gallery the next day and were neither welcomed nor was it announced that Pakistani Parliamentarians were present at the assembly.
Rashid Godil further said he tried to meet Speaker Sumitra Mahajan but in vain whereas the Speaker said that she kept waiting at her chambers but nobody showed up.
Member assembly Kirti Azad of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), responsible to receive Pakistani delegation, said the meeting time was 1 pm but the he reached 7 mins late so was unable to meet.
Minister Parliamentary Affairs Venkaiah Naidu said this is a matter of foreign affairs and should be dealt seriously.
