PoK is India and it will come back to us: EAM Jaishankar


New Delhi, May 16 (IANS): External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Thursday said that Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) is an inseparable part of the country that will eventually come back to India.

Reacting to the growing unrest and continued violence that is taking place in PoK, he said that there is no doubt that people in PoK have been watching and getting affected with the massive development that has been taking place in Jammu and Kashmir over the last few years.

"People in PoK are seeing the positive changes across the Line of Control and they are asking themselves that if things are like that, then why are we suffering and why are we accepting this kind of mistreatment? So, they are undoubtedly getting affected by all this. We would love to see where this goes," said EAM Jaishankar while speaking at 'Vishwabandhu Bharat' interaction in Nashik, Maharashtra.

Complete chaos prevails in PoK's Muzaffarabad which has been rocked by violent protests as the locals, fed up with the rising inflation and high electricity bills, continue to clash with police over the past many days.

"PoK is a different category because eventually PoK is India and it will come back to India, I don't think we should ever have any doubt about it. Pakistan has a lot of other problems, including in Balochistan and various other parts as well," commented the EAM.

Pakistan's economic woes too continue to damper its credibility amid fears of a complete meltdown, he said.

"They also have severe economic problems right now. Whether they do the right reforms, and whether they take the right policies... Because, this policy of continuously going against India, today has brought Pakistan down to where it is. We have to see whether there is any change in thinking there," stated Jaishankar.

Earlier this week, while addressing a campaign rally in Palghar, Union Home Minister Amit Shah also made it clear that "PoK was, is, and will continue to be an integral part of India" and no power can challenge this position.

 

  

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  • Ramachandra, Mangalore

    Thu, May 16 2024

    Do not under estimate Modi and Co. Whatever they said they did, see article 370, CAA, triple talaak, etc etc

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  • Roland, Mangalore

    Thu, May 16 2024

    2 crore employment? Indian rupee to US dollar exchange rate? Petrol prices? I think all this we heard about 10 years ago from the man himself? Did this happen?

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  • Roshan, Mangaluru

    Thu, May 16 2024

    BJP has to make some noise for elections to get votes. What EAM saying not something and Indias long standing position from decades is same and BJP is just repeating it. What many bhakths thought Article 370, gets PoK back, displaced Kashmiri pandits return back to valley, peace will return. On all counts BJP has failed. Not a single Kashmiri pandit has returned back to Valley. Situation continues the same. What is significant is BJP manifesto from years had a mention of helping pandits returning to Valley. This time there is no mention even.

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  • Karuna, Bengaluru

    Thu, May 16 2024

    Have you been to Kashmir to say that not a single Kashmiri Pandit has returemed.I personally know of few Kashmiri Pandit who are visiting Jammu to claim back their lost property. Once done the will as least start visiting their birth place on regular basis.Righr now they cannot do as they employed or doing business outside Kashmir. No point in writing nonsense stories without personal verification

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  • Roshan, Mangaluru

    Thu, May 16 2024

    There is a Kashmir pandits committee who been fighting for their return from decades. They have every statistics starting from those who fled, what they left behind and everything likewise. Read them. That would help.

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  • Vally, Mlore/ Dubai

    Thu, May 16 2024

    Don't fool the nation 10yrs your modi govt not tried to get it back.

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