JE News Desk: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday addressed a “security conclave” held at Jammu University on the country’s defence preparedness with a special focus on the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir. There, Singh said that the abrogation of article 370 has only caused trouble for those “whose shop of hatred and separatism is getting closed”.
The scrapping of article 370 and 35A “did justice” to the people of Jammu and Kashmir since they were allegedly treated unfairly for decades.
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“Because of Article 370 and 35A, the common people of Jammu and Kashmir were kept away from the mainstream of the country for a long time, it was a hindrance in taking action against any anti-national force,” the Minister was quoted saying by ANI. He further said that the common people of Jammu and Kashmir were happy with the decision to scrap article 370.
“The trouble is only for those whose shop of hatred and separatism is getting closed,” Singh said.
‘Pakistan Achieves Nothing By Claiming PoK’
Reiterating India’s long standing position on the status of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that Islamabad is not going to achieve anything by claiming Kashmir repeatedly. The areas of Jammu and Kashmir that are under the occupation of Pakistan are, always was and always will remain part of India, he said.
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Further just occupying a large portion of the disputed territory does not give Pakistan a strong locus standi to claim Kashmir, the Minister said.
"A unanimous resolution has been passed in the Parliament of India regarding PoK that it is a part of India only. Not one but at least three proposals of this intention have now been passed in the Parliament," he said.
"A large part of Jammu and Kashmir is under the occupation of Pakistan. People on other side are seeing that people are living their lives peacefully in J-K. People living in POK going through a lot of suffering and they will raise demand to go with India," Singh claimed.
‘Elimination Of Terrorists’
"We have managed to stop the funding of terrorism, stopped the supply of weapons and drugs and along with the elimination of terrorists, the work of dismantling the network of underground workers working here is also going on," the defence Minister said. Further, he claimed that the joint statement issued by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and United States President Joe Biden has shown that India has also managed to change the mindset of the world on terrorism, including America.
"The countries that use terrorism as a state policy have to understand very well that this game is not going to last long, today most of the big countries of the world are united against terrorism," he said, referring to Pakistan.
(With ANI inputs)