No Power In This World Can Separate J&K From India
Shri Rajnath Singh, our Raksha Mantri categorically stated that NO POWER in the world can separate Jammu and Kashmir from India. He just forgot to add that any power trying to do so will be grinded to dust. Pakistan or anyone else should not take it as a mere rhetoric.
After the Taliban extremist group entered Kabul and took over Afghanistan on August 15, it led to escaping of President Ashraf Ghani to another country to fight another day. Thereafter many in Pakistan’s polity and media have been jubilant regarding support from Taliban for Pakistan to help them grab Jammu & Kashmir.
However Taliban has categorically ruled out getting involved in any conflict between Pakistan and India. They are fully aware of the resolve of India and the Indian Army.
The anti-India forces have understood that they are no longer in a position to do much in the Kashmir Valley, especially after the abrogation of Article 370. No power in the world can separate Jammu & Kashmir from India.
Giving a talk as a part of Balramji Das Tandon lecture series through video conferencing, the Raksha Mantri lauded armed forces for their efforts to counter terror activities in Jammu and Kashmir. He expressed confidence that Jammu and Kashmir will soon be free of terrorism.
“The strength that separatist forces used to get due to Article 370 and 35A is now nowhere to be seen,” he said. Referring to the cross-border strikes on terror camps, he said the model of terrorism adopted by the evil forces is slowly collapsing. The Minister also expressed concern over the security of Indians in Afghanistan and said India is closely watching the developments.
The timely statement from the Raksha Mantri comes in the backdrop of concerns by a few analysts regarding terrorist groups from Afghanistan entering India, specially Jammu and Kashmir, amid the tense relations with neighbours China and Pakistan.
Talking about Afghanistan, he said security of Indians stuck there is a major concern, and India is continuously monitoring the situation. “Security of Indians is a cause of concern for the Government. We also do not want that anti-India forces take advantage of the evolving Afghan situation for cross-border terrorism,” Rajnath Singh said.
The Minister launched an attack on both Pakistan and China as well without naming the countries, and also said that terror incidents in Jammu and Kashmir have come down since abrogation of Article 370.
Referring to Pakistan, he said: “…When they realised that they cannot fight with us in front-wars, they resorted to a proxy war. They began to train and finance terrorists to target India”.
He said there hasn’t been any major terrorist incident in the hinterland of India in the last seven years.
“This shows the increased morale and confidence of our Armed Forces,” he said.
Referring to the 2020 Galwan Valley incident, the Minister lauded the Indian Army, and said any border dispute can only be resolved peacefully and through dialogue, but at the same time, India will never compromise when it comes to “its borders, its honour and self-respect.”
He said Indian Forces are fully prepared to meet any challenge from any Source.
