India gets huge support on Kashmir among British MPs
Darpan News Desk IANS, 11 Sep, 2014 10:41 AM
India turned the tables on Pakistan at a debate by British MPs Thursday.
Not only did more than twice the number of speakers support the Indian position on the subject, as compared to the figure endorsing the Pakistani stance, but those speaking for Islamabad had nothing to offer other than staple Pakistani propaganda, whereas the former reeled off irrefutable facts and figures and persuasive arguments.
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