India on PoK protests: 'Consequence of Pakistan's policy of systemic plunder'
PTI quoting Jaiswal. Jaiswal also said that the Union Territories of Jammu, Ladakh and Kashmir are an inseparable part of India and will always be, reported ANI. Earlier in the day, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that the tolerance for any cross-border terrorism is very low and added," If they wind down this (terror) industry they have created, then people will treat them as normal neighbours.
If they make this their core competence, that will define their image. We have been straight with them.
They have to make up their mind." Two days ago, Jaishankar had asserted that Pakistan-occupied Kashmir was, is and will always be part of India. Also Read: Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif says all state-owned enterprises to be sold to private owners, blames lack of funds "I have no doubt in my own mind that someone living in PoK is comparing their situation with someone actually living in Jammu and Kashmir, saying that how is it that people today are actually progressing there," he said.
Earlier this month, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said India will never give up its claim of PoK but it won't have to capture it with force because its people, on their own, would want to be part of India after seeing the development in Kashmir. Also Read: 'Who knows if Pakistan's atom bomb….?' Himanta Biswa Sarma's sharp retort to Mani Shankar Aiyar Addressing an election rally in Ballia's Sikandarpur in support of the BJP's Salempur candidate Ravindra Kushwaha, Singh asserted, "Pakistan Occupied Kashmir was ours, is ours and will remain ours."Milestone Alert!
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