Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said they would be grateful to the BJP-led government if alongside Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) it also retrieves the part of the Union Territory (UT) under illegal occupation of China.
“The foreign minister (S Jaishankar) is saying that we will get back the part of J&K which is under the occupation of Pakistan. Who has stopped them? Have we ever said that do not get it back?” Omar said while winding up discussion on motion of thanks to Lt Governor Manoj Sinha’s address in the Assembly.
The MEA Jaishankar, speaking during a session at the Chatham House think-tank in London on Wednesday, said the Kashmir dispute would be solved after the “return of the stolen part of Kashmir which is under illegal Pakistani occupation”.
Referring to speeches of BJP members in the House, he said the Congress was targeted for leaving Haji Peer in the Uri sector to Pakistan.
“During the Kargil war, there was an opportunity to get back PoK because it was Pakistan which attacked us. If you were so willing, you would have brought back that part but what stopped you? When you look at the map of Jammu and Kashmir, one part is also in China but you do not talk about it,” he said.
He said when the BJP-led central government brings back PoK, they should also bring that part of J-K which is presently in China and “we will be grateful to you”.