NEW DELHI – Hitting out at Pakistan, Indian Union Defence Minister RajnathSingh has said that the neighbouring country does not live up to themeaning of its name and keeps on doing nefarious acts.
Addressing the Indian diaspora in Singapore on Tuesday, Singh said, “Wehave a neighbour whose name is Pakistan (land of the pure) but it keeps ondoing ‘na-Pak’ (nefarious) acts”. Singh arrived in Singapore on Mondaynight on a two-day visit.
Defending the abrogation of Article 370, he said that it was unfortunatethat the erstwhile full-fledged state, Jammu and Kashmir, was notintegrated with the rest of the country.
He said that earlier there must have been certain circumstances because ofwhich Article 370 was put in place. “Since our party was formed, we alwayspromised and also mentioned in our election manifesto that whenever we willcome to power, we will revoke Article 370 and make Jammu and Kashmir anintegral part of India,” the senior BJP leader said. He told the Indiancommunity that when the BJP got a full-fledged majority, the governmentrevoked Article 370.
On August 5, India revoked Jammu and Kashmir’s special status under Article370. The decision evoked strong reactions from Pakistan, which downgradeddiplomatic ties.
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Singh added that earlier, Jammu and Kashmir had different Vidhan Sabha,different flag but after the special status was scrapped all of that hasended and India is united now.
“We will never compromise national interest and national pride with thepolitical interest at any cost. Because we do politics not just to makegovernment but to make the nation,” he said.
