http://www.frontline.in/the-nation/relevance-of-un-resolutions/article8123719.ece?homepage=true
"The Partition Plan of June 3, 1947, was followed by talks on its consequences. As early as on June 13, 1947, at a meeting of the Joint Defence Council over which Governor-General Mountbatten presided, the differences —which have ruined the subcontinent—came to the fore. Mohammad Ali Jinnah asserted that it was for the ruler [of a princely state] to decide on the issue of accession. Jawaharlal Nehru rejoined that it was for the people to decide that issue. Jinnah made his stand public in statements made on June 17 and July 30.
The All India Congress Committee declared in a Resolution on June 15 that “the people of the States must have a dominant voice in any decisions regarding them” (The Times of India, June 16, 1947). By Jinnah’s logic, Hari Singh was free to opt for India. Jinnah accepted Junagadh’s accession to Pakistan and strenuously encouraged the Nizam of Hyderabad not to accede to India. When, following a tribal raid from Pakistan, Hari Singh acceded to India, India stuck to its stand. The Instrument of Accession had a collateral document signed by Mountbatten, on the very same date and also simultaneously with his acceptance of that Instrument, which said explicitly: “Consistent with their policy that, in the case of any State where the issue of the accession has been the subject of dispute, the question of accession should be decided in accordance with the wishes of the people of the State, it is my Government’s wish that as soon as law and order have been restored in Kashmir and her soil cleared of the invader, the question of the State’s accession should be settled by a reference to the people” (emphasis added throughout). This recognised that an India-Pakistan dispute existed."
"Plebiscite has been destroyed alike by India’s obstruction (1948-1964) and Pakistan’s aggression (1965). But the people of Kashmir cannot be robbed of their rights to self-determination by the sins of their neighbours. That right is a condition attached to the accession. It must be exercised realistically in the light of the situation in 2016. It rules out secession from the Union of India but mandates India, nonetheless, to respect that right. It cannot impose its will on the people by military might. Settle it must. Neither India nor Pakistan can impose a settlement on each other or on the people of Kashmir."
"The Partition Plan of June 3, 1947, was followed by talks on its consequences. As early as on June 13, 1947, at a meeting of the Joint Defence Council over which Governor-General Mountbatten presided, the differences —which have ruined the subcontinent—came to the fore. Mohammad Ali Jinnah asserted that it was for the ruler [of a princely state] to decide on the issue of accession. Jawaharlal Nehru rejoined that it was for the people to decide that issue. Jinnah made his stand public in statements made on June 17 and July 30.
The All India Congress Committee declared in a Resolution on June 15 that “the people of the States must have a dominant voice in any decisions regarding them” (The Times of India, June 16, 1947). By Jinnah’s logic, Hari Singh was free to opt for India. Jinnah accepted Junagadh’s accession to Pakistan and strenuously encouraged the Nizam of Hyderabad not to accede to India. When, following a tribal raid from Pakistan, Hari Singh acceded to India, India stuck to its stand. The Instrument of Accession had a collateral document signed by Mountbatten, on the very same date and also simultaneously with his acceptance of that Instrument, which said explicitly: “Consistent with their policy that, in the case of any State where the issue of the accession has been the subject of dispute, the question of accession should be decided in accordance with the wishes of the people of the State, it is my Government’s wish that as soon as law and order have been restored in Kashmir and her soil cleared of the invader, the question of the State’s accession should be settled by a reference to the people” (emphasis added throughout). This recognised that an India-Pakistan dispute existed."
"Plebiscite has been destroyed alike by India’s obstruction (1948-1964) and Pakistan’s aggression (1965). But the people of Kashmir cannot be robbed of their rights to self-determination by the sins of their neighbours. That right is a condition attached to the accession. It must be exercised realistically in the light of the situation in 2016. It rules out secession from the Union of India but mandates India, nonetheless, to respect that right. It cannot impose its will on the people by military might. Settle it must. Neither India nor Pakistan can impose a settlement on each other or on the people of Kashmir."
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