The group of European Union parliamentarians visiting India in personal capacity held a press conference on their visit to Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday.
The group of EU MPs are mainly from far-right parties, with only three of the 27 MPs belonging to the Left or liberal parties. This is the first such international visit since the government ended special status to Jammu and Kashmir and split it into two union territories in August. The MPs met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval on Monday. Four of the 27 lawmakers dropped out of the Kashmir visit amid the backlash.