Rajnath Singh says ‘PoK humara tha, hai, aur rahega’, people there will demand to be with India – Firstpost

“Chinta maat karo. PoK (Pakistan Occupied Kashmir) humara tha, humara hai aur humara rahega (Don’t worry, PoK was, is and will remain ours),” Union Minister and senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh said at a rally in West Bengal’s Darjeeling.

“The people of PoK will themselves demand to be with India”

The minister further said that given the ongoing development in India, the people of PoK will themselves demand to come and be recognized internationally and officially as part of India.

“Aap chinta maat karo Bharat ki takat bhad rahi hai. Bharat ka development jitni tezi ke saath ho raha hai, Bharat ki prathistha antar rashtriya jagat mei jiss tarike se bhad rahi hai, Bharat ki arth vyavastha jitni teezi se aagey bhad rahi hai, aab PoK ke humare bhai, bhen swayam he maang karenge ki hum Bharat ke saath rehna chhahte hai (India’s power is increasing…India’s prestige is increasing in the world. Our economy is growing rapidly. Now our brothers and sisters in PoK will themselves demand to come with India,” Singh said.

#WATCH | Darjeeling, West Bengal: Defense Minister Rajnath Singh says, “Don’t worry. PoK was, is and will remain ours. India’s power is increasing…India’s prestige is increasing in the world and our economy is growing rapidly. PoK brothers and sisters will… pic.twitter.com/esk8an6o6d

-ANI (@ANI) April 21, 2024

The minister’s statement drew loud cheers from the crowd present at his rally in Darjeeling where the BJP nominated sitting MP Raju Bista in the ongoing 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Singh’s statement comes less than two weeks after he said that the way Jammu Kashmir is moving towards development, he believes that the people of PoK feel that Pakistan cannot lead them towards development, only the Prime Minister Narendra Modi can.

Campaigning for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Madhya Pradesh’s Satna district, Singh had said: “The way Jammu Kashmir is moving towards development, I feel that people in PoK are thinking that their development is possible only in the hands of Prime Minister Modi and not Pakistan. .”

The minister had said that PoK had always been a part of India and still was.

“People in PoK might say they want to be with India. PoK was, is and always will be our (India) party,” Singh said.

#WATCH | Satna, Madhya Pradesh: Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said, “…’Bharat main Ram Rajya ka aagaz hokar hi rahega, koi rok nahi sakta hai’…I feel that the people of PoK think that their development is only possible in the hands of Prime Minister Modi and not the people of PoK… pic.twitter.com/7nXR9rqjsU

-ANI (@ANI) April 11, 2024

Last September, during a press conference as part of the Union BJP ‘Parivartan Yatra’, Minister and former Indian Army Chief VK Singh had also said: “Pakistan-occupied Kashmir will become a part of India in its own right, it’s just a matter of time.”

Rajnath Singh criticizes TMC

Singh, during the election rally in Darjeeling on Sunday, also criticized the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress over the recent incidents in Sandeshkhali. The minister said a government in which women are not safe should not stay in power.

“The law and order situation in West Bengal has deteriorated significantly. If we want to develop a State, the first condition is to improve the legislation and the situation there. But in West Bengal, the situation is different. Look at the Sandeshkhali incidents. A government under which women are not safe should not stay in power,” Singh said.

The Union Minister also said that India was making giant strides in the defense sector, saying the country was rapidly transforming itself into a defense equipment exporting country, instead of being importer.

With the contribution of agencies