Ranchi, Nov 01: Taking exception to Pakistan offering 100 scholarships to Kashmiri students, external affairs minister Yashwant Sinha today said Islamabad was obsessed with Jammu and Kashmir. "India has never said, for instance, only 20 children from Baluchistan or Sindh or NWFP will be given free medical treatment. All our measures are applicable to all Pakistanis," Sinha, who left for Hazaribagh by road, told reporters here.
Asserting that no offer could be region or state specific and must be applicable to the entire country, Sinha said. "Pakistan is obsessed with Jammu and Kashmir and therefore they made it Jammu and Kashmir specific ... This is not acceptable to us." Asked whether he thought developing nations were being given greater voice in the decision-making process of international monetary institutions, he said "like at Cancun, all developing nations should work together."
To a question on the merger of Samata-Janata Dal (United), he said "my good wishes are with them". Expressing displeasure over recent media reports on the affairs of the Jharkhand unit of BJP, Sinha asked the media not to speculate.
Bureau Report