Summary Media hurled allegations while distorting his real hope about Kashmir, he says.
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Dr Ved Pratap Vaidik – who recently met and spoke to Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed in Lahore – slammed Indian media’s allegations regarding his interview with a Pakistani TV channel on Kashmir dispute.
Dr Vaidik defended his proposal about resolving Kashmir dispute through a column that appeared on Friday’s Roznama Dunya.
Talking about the context, Dr Vaidik mentions his interview with journalist Iftikhar Shirazi of a private Pakistani TV channel where he talked about what he thought was the best solution for the decades-long Kashmir dispute.
Dr Vaidik goes on to say in the column that his proposal was widely misunderstood by Indian media section who equated to proposed solution to annexing Kashmir from both India and Pakistan in order to make it an independent state. Dr Vaidik says he never proposed such a thing.
He says the said interview spanned over half an hour and covered various topics including a possible union of South Asian countries, Kashmir, Narendra Modi, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and its chief Mohan Bhagwat.
Urging the readers to watch the said interview, Dr Vaidik said that it is up to the viewers to decide if he is a patriot or a traitor; or if the solution he proposed poses any threats to either India or Pakistan.
He said if he said anything that remotely resembles to proposing annexing of Kashmir from both India and Pakistan, he is ready to be executed by hanging.
Dr Vaidik asked if any Prime Minister of India, foreign minister or ambassador can take such a strong stance while in Pakistan – the kind of opposition he has done for the idea of making Kashmir an independent state.
He said he is known by the courage he expresses on TV, asking if any representative of India ever dared to do so. He said he is known by people in neighbor countries of being the man who wants the countries of South Asia to unite and to make a strong alliance akin to the European Union (EU).
Dr Vaidik’s full article that appeared in Roznama Dunya can be read by following this link.
