Kolkata, Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Wednesday said the Congress is deliberately downplaying the unanimous Parliament resolution on Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) for vote bank politics.
He said the resolution was passed in 1994 under the Congress government led by then Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao.
“At a time when elections are going on, Congress leaders feel that any statement claiming that PoJK is part of India may not go down well with some section of their vote bank, and hence, they are Union Minister of State for Personnel Sai Singh is ready to go to great lengths to polarize voters even if it is at the cost of national unity.
He said that Congress is deliberately giving less importance to the unanimous resolution on PoJK in Parliament.
Singh said that when Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defense Minister Rajnat Singh and other senior BJP leaders reiterated that PoJK is a part of Jammu and Kashmir and thus a part of India, it is the Congress that finds fault in such statements and Or tries to do wrong.Ignore it or play less.
At a rally in Serampore, West Bengal, on Wednesday, Shah referred to the protests in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and said "PoK is part of India".
Shah said, "Congress leaders like Mani Shankar Aiyar say it should not be Don because he has a nuclear bomb. But let me say this, Pakistan-occupied Kashmir is part of India and we will take it."
Union Minister Singh said that on February 22, 1994, both Houses of Parliament had unanimously adopted a resolution, which was also supported by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which clearly stated that PoJK was part of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Was and was under illegal occupation of Pakistan.
"It was also said that if there is any outstanding issue between India and Pakistan, it is only how to reclaim that part of Jammu and Kashmir which is under illegal occupation of Pakistan and how to return it back to India. Go.“A part of the territory of Jammu and Kashmir as it existed in 1947,” he said.
Singh, who was in West Bengal to campaign for the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections on May 20, also attacked the state government over corruption.
"People have become wary of the corruption and violence left by the Mamat Banerjee-led TMC government and they want to get rid of it," he said.
Singh said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his recent public rallies in West Bengal, had also mentioned the teachers' appointment scam in the state education department and expressed concern that the state government was playing with the future of the youth.
“It is a matter of shame and disgrace that Bengal was once believed to have produced India's youngest Vice-Chancellor at that time – Dr. Shyam Prasad Mukherjee – who was appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calcutta, While he was pursuing his studies.In his early 30s in recognition of his extraordinary ability and talent.
The minister said, "Today in the land of great teachers like Syama Prasad Mukherjee, teachers are being appointed through corrupt practices and the malpractice is so deep that the Supreme Court has to describe it as 'systemic fraud' in its judgment. Had to force." ,
Singh said the BJP's performance in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections will pave the way for the party's victory in the subsequent state assembly elections.
He said the resolution was passed in 1994 under the Congress government led by then Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao.
“At a time when elections are going on, Congress leaders feel that any statement claiming that PoJK is part of India may not go down well with some section of their vote bank, and hence, they are Union Minister of State for Personnel Sai Singh is ready to go to great lengths to polarize voters even if it is at the cost of national unity.
He said that Congress is deliberately giving less importance to the unanimous resolution on PoJK in Parliament.
Singh said that when Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defense Minister Rajnat Singh and other senior BJP leaders reiterated that PoJK is a part of Jammu and Kashmir and thus a part of India, it is the Congress that finds fault in such statements and Or tries to do wrong.Ignore it or play less.
At a rally in Serampore, West Bengal, on Wednesday, Shah referred to the protests in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and said "PoK is part of India".
Shah said, "Congress leaders like Mani Shankar Aiyar say it should not be Don because he has a nuclear bomb. But let me say this, Pakistan-occupied Kashmir is part of India and we will take it."
Union Minister Singh said that on February 22, 1994, both Houses of Parliament had unanimously adopted a resolution, which was also supported by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which clearly stated that PoJK was part of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Was and was under illegal occupation of Pakistan.
"It was also said that if there is any outstanding issue between India and Pakistan, it is only how to reclaim that part of Jammu and Kashmir which is under illegal occupation of Pakistan and how to return it back to India. Go.“A part of the territory of Jammu and Kashmir as it existed in 1947,” he said.
Singh, who was in West Bengal to campaign for the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections on May 20, also attacked the state government over corruption.
"People have become wary of the corruption and violence left by the Mamat Banerjee-led TMC government and they want to get rid of it," he said.
Singh said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his recent public rallies in West Bengal, had also mentioned the teachers' appointment scam in the state education department and expressed concern that the state government was playing with the future of the youth.
“It is a matter of shame and disgrace that Bengal was once believed to have produced India's youngest Vice-Chancellor at that time – Dr. Shyam Prasad Mukherjee – who was appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calcutta, While he was pursuing his studies.In his early 30s in recognition of his extraordinary ability and talent.
The minister said, "Today in the land of great teachers like Syama Prasad Mukherjee, teachers are being appointed through corrupt practices and the malpractice is so deep that the Supreme Court has to describe it as 'systemic fraud' in its judgment. Had to force." ,
Singh said the BJP's performance in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections will pave the way for the party's victory in the subsequent state assembly elections.
