Rajnath Singh Warns Pakistan: Don't Repeat Mistakes Of 1965, 1971

Warning Pakistan to not repeat the “mistakes of 1965 and 1971”, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said the neighboring country can get dismantled into various parts on account of flagrant human rights violations against Balochs and Pashtuns on its soil.

Article 370 was like a “canker” that bled Jammu and Kashmir, Singh said, asserting that a majority of the population in the erstwhile state-supported its abrogation.

Addressing a “Jan Jagran Sabha” (public awareness meet) organized by the BJP here, where leaders spoke on the Narendra Modi government’s move to strip J&K of the special status, Singh said his party has lived up to its promises.

“As a nationalist party, the BJP never softened its stand on the issue. Article 370 was like a canker (masoor) which left J&K bleeding. We have now demonstrated that we are an honest and credible party which fulfills its promises,” Singh said, evoking applause from the crowd. He blamed Article 370, and Article 35A, which arose out of it, for the state is in the throes of terrorism.