Exuding confidence on merging of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir or PoK with Bharat, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh stated its people “are themselves raising the demand for a merger with Bharat”.
Rajnath Singh mentioned about Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s recent remarks about Kashmir, “Can they ever take Kashmir? They should be worried about Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir. I had said almost one and a half years ago that there will be no need for us to attack and occupy because a situation is developing there that people of PoK themselves are demanding merger with Bharat.”
On being quizzed about the Centre’s further plan, Singh responded, “I will not say anything more, I should not. We are not going to attack any country. Bharat has a character of never attacking any nation in the world, nor has it occupied an inch of other’s territory. But PoK was ours, PoK is ours, and I am confident that PoK will itself merge with Bharat.”
Rajnath Singh’s statement holds significance as in February, PoK’s political activist Amjad Ayub Mirza had pointed towards the sentiments of PoK’s people, who have been fed up with Pakistan’s occupation and oppression. They are now demanding merger with Bharat.
Activist Mirza commented in a video, “In the last few days the people of PoK have told me that they now demand to be merged into Bharat, as they are officially their citizens.”
“The recent elections in Pakistan have just given us a fractured mandate. The upcoming elections will have a fruitful result for Bharat but we the people of PoK ask that, for how long will we have to wait to get rid of Pakistan’s oppression and get merged in Bharat?” added the PoK activist.
