Is It Dangerous For Bjp To Talk About Forcibly Re-Taking Pakistan Occupied Kashmir?

There are talks by Indian politicians to cloak Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK) using the military. This is after the abrogation of article 370 that withdrew Jammu and Kashmir’s special status and made it into two union territories.

First, Home minister Amit Shah said that India will sacrifice anything to acquire Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Then Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that the further talk with Pakistan will be about these territories of the former princely state.

On top of that, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar when asked about the statement by Singh said: “Our position has, is and will always be very clear on PoK, that it is part of India and we expect one day we will have physical jurisdiction over it.” This according to Scroll.in has added some war talk.

It is clear on the paper that the entire erstwhile princely state of Jammu and Kashmir is of India, including a section held by Pakistan. That is why Jaishankar’s statement is just a restatement of the position India has had since 1949.