Amit Shah on POK at Rising Bharat Summit–

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has actually claimed that the Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) comes from India.

In a discussion with Network 18 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Rahul Joshi at the News 18 Rising Bharat Summit 2025, Shah claimed that India not simply has background on its side however additionally regulation.

In 1947, soon after Independence, Pakistan gotten into Jammu and Kashmir and trigerred the initial battle in between India andPakistan Maharaja Hari Singh of J&K had actually not acceded to India and the intrusion made him authorize the Instrument ofAccession India stepped in and conserved a lot of the state from coming under Pakistan’s hands. However, Pakistan came to have control of components of Kashmir, Gilgit, and Baltistan areas. Pakistan remains to unlawfully inhabit these areas.

While the Indian treatment conserved a lot of J&K (consisting of contemporary Ladakh) from coming under Pakistan’s hands, Pakistan came to have control of particular components of the state that it remains to unlawfully inhabit till day.

“India’s stand has been clear for years that Pakistan Occupied Kashmir is ours. It is not a claim but a belief supported by historic documents. Our legal case is also strong,” said Shah at the summit.

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In response to a question on when POK may be part of India again, Shah said that such details could understandably be not made public.

“As for when that [reunion] would happen, you will understand that I can neither share the date nor strategy on a public platform. The POK has been the duty of every Indian government,” claimed Shah.

On an additional inquiry on Pakistan relating to the country’s management’s accusation that India sustains separationists in Balochistan, Shah claimed that it is not India however individuals’s unhappiness that lags the scenario.

“There is no question of India’s support. People there are dissatisfied with the rule in those regions. We cannot repair that,” claimed Shah.