Delhi,
October 20: A day after Jammu and Kashmir
MLA, Engineer Rashid was attacked by ink, he wished to meet Pakistan’s high
commissioner to India Abdul Basit on Tuesday. According to the reports,
Rashid and independent legislator said, “If I get an invitation(from Pak Envoy)
then can anyone stop me from meeting him?” (Also Read: Ink attack on
Engineer Rashid: 2 Hindu Sena activists arrested)
However Rashid who is close to the
seperatist leader, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq of Hurriyat had withdrawn the case
against two attackers who threw ink on him on Monday. Expressing his
disappointment for not being able to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi Rashid
said that India was proving Mohammed Ali Jinnah’s two nation theory right.
Rashid said, that the ink attack on
him, “is not a big issue. The core issue needs to be resolved”. The little
known Hindu Sena claimed responsibility for the ink attack on Rashid who hosted
a beef party on Monday afternoon at Press Club. Earlier Rashid was
also beaten up by the Bhartiya Janta Party leaders in assembly. However on
Tuesday, Pakistan’s envoy Abdul Basit had an hour-long meeting with Mirwaiz
Umer Farooq.
During the meeting Farooq was
informed that, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will raise the issue of
Kashmir with US President Barack Obama during his visit to the US on
Thursday. Meanwhile, Abdul Basit has rubbished reports stating that he
would be meeting Rashid.
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