“Both India and Pakistan have a long history of deploying rhetorical strategies to skirt the issue of plebiscite or complete secession of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. When feeling particularly belligerent Pakistan cries itself hoarse declaring the legitimacy of plebiscite held under United Nations auspices in J & K; India responds just as aggressively by demanding the complete withdrawal of Pakistani troops from the territory of pre-partition J & K; or, in a moment of neighborly solicitude, for conversion of the LOC to a permanent International border.” LongStatesMomentsFeelingsNationsUnitedIssuesCryIndiaStrategyInternationalConversionFormerPermanentBordersTerritoryTroopsPakistanUnited NationsSkirtsWithdrawalLegitimacyDeclaringRhetoricalKashmirPartitionSecessionSolicitudeIndia And PakistanDeployingLocsJammuJammu And KashmirRhetorical Strategies Author:Nyla Ali Khan
“In the era of Khruschev the Soviet Union had publicly declared itself a supporter of the Indian stand on Kashmir. In 1962 a Russian veto had defeated a Security Council resolution on the plebiscite issue. By 1965, and after the fall of the Kruschev regime, Russian attitudes were significantly modified.” FallAttitudeIssuesSecurityUnionsErasIndianResolutionSovietRegimesDefeatedSupporterSoviet UnionCouncilKashmirVetoSecurity Council Author:Nyla Ali Khan