Row over Kashmir missing from India map at Narendra Modi event in Australia

An Indian map with parts of Jammu and Kashmir missing, which was put up during the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) on
Friday, was objected to by Indian officials accompanying him.

Indian Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh, accompanying the prime minister, "raised the issue and received an unqualified apology" from the university authorities, said a ministry of external affairs tweet.

The issue figured prominently on Twitter, with political parties questioning if the matter was
taken up with the university authorities.

The Samajwadi Party, with the photograph of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on its Twitter
handle, asked external affairs ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin: "Kashmir missing in the Map shown during @PMOIndia
visit to @QUT @MEAIndia any objection raised?," asked @SamajwadiSocial.

The spokesperson tweeted back: "Yes, immediately lodged strong protest & received an unqualified regret from the organisers."

To more tweets from others as well as @SamajwadiSocial, the spokesperson said "Yes,
immediately lodged strong protest & received an unqualified regret from the organisers."

Modi visited the QUT in his first engagement after landing on Friday.

In Australia, Modi is to attend the G20 Summit in Brisbane on November 15-16 and also hold
talks with Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott in Canberra during his five-day stay.