it is pertinent to mention that Congress president and National Advisory Council chairperson Sonia Gandhi, and former NAC member Harsh Mander, are both associated with foreign bodies committed to the secession of Jammu and Kashmir from India. Sonia Gandhi is co-president of the Forum of Democratic Leaders in the Asia-Pacific (FDL-AP) which supports the secession and independence of Kashmir. The Rajiv Gandhi Foundation she heads has accepted funds from Friedrich Naumann Stiftung, a foundation which funds the FDL-AP. Mander is a member of the Working Group of the Justice Foundation Kashmir Centre UK, of which Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai is Director; it has received funds from Pakistan’s ISI. Fai is an American citizen of Kashmiri origin who was arrested by the FBI in July 2011 for secretly receiving USD 3.5 million from the ISI to fund illegal lobbying on the Kashmir issue. He hosted seminars to promote Islamabad’s viewpoint on Kashmir internationally; prominent guests include Dilip Padgaonkar, the Indian government appointed interlocutor on Kashmir. British media calls the Foundation a front for Pakistani spies. American prosecutors said in court that Fai ran some Kashmir Centers on behalf of the Pakistani government, including the ISI. Surely it is others who have some explaining to do. General Singh should switch from defending himself to asking questions.
Posted on: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 16:02:54 +0000
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