NEW DELHI, Nov 16:
Union Minister Hansraj Ahir today said no one could stop India if it wanted to wrest PoK from Pakistan, stressing that the territory was a part of India.
The Minister of State for Home said Pakistan-occupied Kashmir was under Islamabad because of the “mistakes” of previous governments.
“I say Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir is a part of India and due to the mistakes of the previous governments it has been with Pakistan. If we try to get PoK back, no one can stop us because it is our right,” he said on the sidelines of a function here.
The Minister said India would make efforts to get the territory back from Pakistan.
The comments came a day after National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah said Pakistan would not allow India to take that part of Jammu and Kashmir which was under its occupation.
The former State Chief Minister had raked up a controversy last week when he said PoK belonged to Pakistan.
Meanwhile, a day after Farooq Abdullah’s controversial remark on PoK, son Omar Abdullah today said the Centre should prove his father wrong with “actions” by taking back Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
“I don’t understand ‘if we try”. What is stopping you from getting it back? Prove Dr (Farooq) Abdullah wrong with your actions rather than with hollowed out words,” Omar Abdullah tweeted.
The National Conference leader was reacting to Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Hans Raj Ahir’s statement that no one can stop India from taking back PoK.
Hitting out at Ahir, Omar Abdullah asked if he included the decision of the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to respect the sanctity of Line of Control (LoC).
“And in ‘previous Governments’ do you include Vajpayee Sb’s decision to respect sanctity of LoC during the Kargil War as well?” he asked.
In an earlier tweet yesterday, Omar Abdullah, reacting to Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad’s remarks, said he wanted to know what successive Congress Governments did since 1947 to get back PoK.
“That’s excellent news. Perhaps Azad Sb may like to explain what successive Congress Governments have done since 47 to get it back,” he wrote. (PTI)
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