People In PoK Will Join Us Seeing Development In Kashmir: Satya Pal Malik

Presenting his “roadmap” for India for Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Wednesday said India can wrest this territory back from Pakistan without using any force, voicing confidence people there will “revolt” and join this country after seeing the planned development in the state.
Mr. Malik said this at a function in Srinagar where he said that some ministers have been talking about taking back PoK from Pakistan by force. He, however, did not name anyone.

“I have been seeing for the past 10 to 15 days that many of our ministers, who do not get to talk on international matters, have been repeatedly talking about invading PoK, taking it back, etc. My belief is that if PoK is the next target, we can take it on the basis of the development of Jammu and Kashmir,” he said.

“If we can give love and respect to the people of Jammu and Kashmir and secure the future of their children, bring development and prosperity, I can guarantee that within a year or so there will be a revolt in PoK and you will get it without a confrontation … the residents of PoK will on their own say that they want to come to this side. This is my roadmap for PoK,” the governor said.