NEW DELHI -Indian Army Chief General Mukund Naravane rings the war bellsagainst Pakistan.
Indian Army Chief Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane on Saturday said if his armyreceives orders from the Indian parliament to ‘reclaim’ Azad Kashmir fromPakistan, it will take action, *IlinkTodaylink*hasreported*.*
Addressing the media, the newly-appointed Indian army chief said: “If the[Indian] parliament wants [Azad] Kashmir to be a part of India, then wewill take the necessary action to achieve that goal.”
“There is a parliamentary resolution that entire Jammu and Kashmir is partof India. If Parliament wants it, then, that area [AJK] also should belongto us,” he added.
This is not the first time the new Indian general has indulged inprovocative posturing. In an earlier statement, Gen Naravane had said thatIndia “reserve[d] the right to preemptively strike at sources of terror”.
He had told the *Press Trust of India *that India had “evolved a strategyof resolute punitive response against sponsored terrorism”.
Pakistan had rejected the statement, calling it ‘irresponsible’.
The Foreign Office in its statement had said Pakistan was fully able torespond to any Indian aggression in AJK and that New Delhi should notforget Islamabad’s befitting response to its aggression in Balakot lastyear.