Trinamool Congress General Secretary and party Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee, on Sunday, asked the Union government to initiate action in reclaiming Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
Senior Congress leader and five-time former party Lok Sabha member Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, on Thursday, demanded the strongest possible action against Pakistan following the terror attack in Kashmir’s Pahalgam, saying that the Modi-led government should consider attacking Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
Defence Minister and Lucknow MP Rajnath Singh has asserted that the people of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK) themselves will soon demand annexation with India.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said the final resolution of the Kashmir issue will come when the "stolen part" under illegal Pakistani occupation is returned to India.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said Jammu and Kashmir is incomplete without the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and lashed out at the Prime Minister of PoK, Chaudhry Anwarul Haq who recently called for “jihad” against India.
Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra lodged a strong protest with British High Commissioner in India Alex Ellis in this regard, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Saturday.
Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) is, was and will remain a part of India and the Pakistan government will achieve nothing by repeatedly claiming PoK, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said in Jammu on Monday.
Weeks of anger over food shortage and runaway inflation has snowballed into massive anti-government demonstrations in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and illegally held Gilgit Baltistan.
"Our aim is to implement the resolution unanimously passed in Indian Parliament on February 22, 1994 to reclaim remaining parts of Kashmir from the illegal occupation of Pakistan," the defence minister said at the ‘Shaurya Diwas’ celebrations held in Srinagar to commemorate the 75th year of air landed operations of Indian Army at Budgam Airport.
Many protesters have been seriously injured but the number of protesters who died has not been disclosed yet by the authorities.
