"'little' matter out of a discussion on whether they wish to be unified?"
No more than ignoring the fact that it appears that, put to the vote, most of them now do.
That aside - a section of a country can't 'vote' to be under another nation.
Partition was never put to the vote - it was forced through at gunpoint
Where is your consensus there?
What happened after partition removes any claim to democracy
Jim Carroll