 "Should have made it ours when he held the post, Sanjay Raut reacts to ex-army chief's 'PoK will merge with India' remark")
Reacting to former Army chief and BJP leader retired general VK Singh’s “PoK will merge with India on its own” remark, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Tuesday said that we have always dreamed of an ‘Akhand Bharat’ but the former army chief should have made PoK ours when he held the post.
#WATCH | Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut says, "...We have always dreamed that there be an 'Akhand Bharat'. We always say that PoK is ours. But when the former Army chief was holding the post, he should have tried then to make it ours. How can you do it now? We will welcome it… https://t.co/Z2pwSKB2tI pic.twitter.com/yAsiuuJPGz
— ANI (@ANI) September 12, 2023
Talking to ANI news agency, Raut said, “…We have always dreamed that there be an ‘Akhand Bharat’. We always say that PoK is ours. But when the former Army chief was holding the post, he should have tried then to make it ours. How can you do it now?”
He said the Shiv Sena (UBT) will welcome any effort in that direction but before that the government must ensure peace in Manipur.
“China has reached Manipur. Rahul Gandhi says that China has entered Ladakh and has taken our land, parts of Arunachal Pradesh are being shown by China on its map - end this first. After that PoK will merge with India on its own, you are not required for that to happen,” said Raut.
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View AllSlamming the former army chief, Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj said that he is trying to divert attention from China.
#WATCH | Delhi: On Union Minister General VK Singh's (Retd.) statement on PoK, Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj says, "VK Singh is trying to divert the attention from China. It is a fact that China has taken over a large area of the Indian Territory... According to a report, 26… https://t.co/Z2pwSKB2tI pic.twitter.com/xY2q1vi03M
— ANI (@ANI) September 12, 2023
“It is a fact that China has taken over a large area of the Indian Territory… According to a report, 26 out of 66 positions, where the Indian Army used to patrol, are now inaccessible to them. General Singh should speak about that first,” said Bharadwaj.
Earlier in the day, responding to a query regarding protests by Shia Muslims in PoK calling for the opening of the Kargil border crossing India, Singh said, “PoK will merge with India on its own, wait for some time.”
#WATCH | Dausa, Rajasthan | "PoK will merge with India on its own, wait for some time," says Union Minister Gen VK Singh (Retd.) when asked that people in PoK have demanded that they be merged with India. (11.09.2023) pic.twitter.com/xG2qy7hXEm
— ANI (@ANI) September 12, 2023
After an FIR was registered against a Shia cleric last month, massive protests erupted in the Skardu region of Gilgit-Baltistan of the PoK on 25 August with people demanding opening up the borders to meet their relatives on the other side of the border in Ladakh.
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