BJP politician removed from Asia Pacific Summit for disrupting Suri’s speech

• Vijay Jolly stood up during the speech and protested against highlighting Kashmir issue.
• Security personnel deputed in the hall grabbed the BJP politician and whisked him away.
• Suri says almost 100,000 Kashmiris have been martyred and thousands are missing.

(Karachi) An Indian politician was pushed out of the Asia Pacific Summit in Cambodia when he tried to disrupt the speech of National Assembly Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri on Human rights abuse in Indian Occupied Kasshmir.

In a video clip that was shared on twitter, Suri was seen speaking about the Indian atrocities in Jammu and Kashmir at the summit in Phnom Pehn. During his address, an enraged BJP leader Vijay Jolly stood up and said, “I want to protest. Kashmir is not the issue of this summit.” He went on to say, “This is not right.”

However, the security personnel deputed in the hall grabbed the BJP politician and whisked him away.

Qasim Suri continued his speech highlighting the lockdown in held valley.

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He said, “I want to direct your attention towards the human rights violations in Indian-occupied Kashmir. Almost 100,000 Kashmiris have been martyred and thousands are missing.”

He maintained that more than 11,000 women have been raped in Jammu Kashmir, while more than 8,000 unmarked graves have been found that have been affected by Indian atrocities.

Qasim Suri pointed out that the occupied territory is under a strict curfew and a communications blackout has been in place for the past 106 days.

He also pointed out that the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights also confirmed  that Indian soldiers used pellet guns and tortured civilians in the held valley.

Situation in Occupied Kashmir took an ugly turn when India withdrew constitutional provisions on August 5 that gave Jammu and Kashmir more autonomy than any other Indian state.

In retaliation to Modi's government's move, India flooded the region with additional troops, and imposed curfew-like restrictions to keep a lid on protests.

Despite the curbs, Kashmiris have come out on to the streets, and many shops and other commercial establishments in the held valley remained mostly shuttered in protests against the withdrawal of the special status.