Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on September 8 that the Pakistan government has called the people of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) ‘foreigners’ while India considers them as its own citizens.
Addressing an election rally of the BJP in Ramban district of Jammu division, Rajnath Singh referred to the BJP-PDP coalition government and said, “During Mehbooba-led government, we withdrew cases against minors and those who were innocent. But the problem was that the PDP was sympathetic to separatists. I would always tell her to bring the ground situation under control, but she couldn’t. People of J&K are free citizens of India and they have a right to peace and prosperity.
“In contrast to this, in a recent affidavit, the Solicitor General of Pakistan has called the people of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) as ‘foreigners’. We don’t call them foreigners. They are our people. Let them come and join us. After a government is formed in J&K, the people of PoK will want to come and join India,” he asserted.
