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Sambalpur/Keonjhar/Khurda (Odisha): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said that international bodies should take cognisance of human rights violations in Pakistan occupied Kashmir.
Addressing an election rally in Odisha’s Khurda, he said, “Human rights are being violated in PoK… international human rights agencies should take cognisance of the happenings in PoK.”
He claimed that the people of PoK now desire to join India instead of remaining under the Pakistani administration.
“I had earlier said we need not attack anyone, they will come on their own. Two days ago, I saw a video in which people of PoK were seen uprooting a Pakistani flag-post,” he said.
“PoK is and will remain an integral part of India,” he asserted.
He said that barring a few stray incidents in Jammu and Kashmir, terrorism has been reduced to zero under the NDA rule, while several terror attacks took place under the previous UPA regime.
“In 2008, our IPS officers fell to bullets in Mumbai (26/11 attack)… what was the then Congress government doing? But now, nobody dares to attack India. People have understood India’s capability of eliminating terrorism not only within the country but also across the border,” he asserted.
“However, we have never attacked any country or tried to occupy an inch of any other country’s land. But Pakistan has all along tried to create disturbances in our country,” he said.
Singh also addressed two other rallies in Rairakhol in Sambalpur Lok Sabha seat and Patana in Keonjhar parliamentary constituency.