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JAMMU: BJP State Spokesperson Prof. Virender Gupta said that Pakistan’s attempt to declare Gilgit-Baltistan as its fifth province, violates the 1948 UNO resolution which accepted Pakistan as an aggressor and asked it to surrender the area of Jammu and Kashmir that it had forcibly occupied, to India for the final settlement of Jammu and Kashmir issue. In a statement issued here on Friday, Gupta added that the entire State of J and K is an integral part of India and any unilateral decision on the area of J and K that acceded to India by the Instrument of Accession is also against the spirit of the Shimla Agreement. The Spokesperson said that the present move to declare Gilgit and Baltistan as a province of Pakistan has been made under the pressure of China which is highly concerned about the security of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. He warned Pakistan that the way in which it is yielding to China pressure shall be dangerous for its identity and integrity. He also said that this policy in no way can harm India but it would prove as self defeating exercise on his part.
