Ramgarh: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday asserted that Pakistan-occupied Kashmir will be “annexed to India” if the Bharatiya Janata Party wins more than 400 seats in the Indian Parliament polls.
Addressing an election rally in Ramgarh, Jharkhand, he said the BJP needs to win more than 400 seats to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) across the country.
“If the Bharatiya Janata Party wins more than 400 seats in the Lok Sabha polls, PoK will be merged with India. More than 400 seats are required to build and implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC).In 2019, when the number of seats exceeded 300, the Ram Temple was built in Ayodhya and the 370th seat of Jammu and Kashmir was established. We ensured the abrogation of the Article and implemented the CAA,” Sarma said.
“Like Assam, infiltrators from Bangladesh are changing the demographic composition of Jharkhand, while JMM and Congress are indulging in appeasement policies,” he alleged.
Meanwhile, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday referred to the protests in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and said, “PoK is part of India and we accept this.”
Addressing a rally in Serampore, Shah said that after the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019, peace had returned to the once turbulent Kashmir, but in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, “azaadi slogans and protests are now taking place”. is reverberating,” he said.
“Peace returned to Kashmir after the government abrogated Article 370 in 2019. But now we are witnessing protests in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. “The same slogans were being heard in PoK,” he said.
Accusing Congress leaders of not supporting the demand for takeover of PoK, Shah said, “Congress leaders like Mani Shankar Aiyar are saying it shouldn’t be done because they have the atomic bomb.” But let me say that this Pakistan-occupied Kashmir is part of Pakistan’s occupation.” India and we will accept it. ”
Mr. Shah said that the current Lok Sabha elections were caused by “a corrupt leadership of the INDI alliance and an honest man who never had a single paisa suspicion against him even though he was the Chief Minister of the state at the time”. “The choice is between Narendra Modi and Narendra Modi,” he said.
“Bengal has to decide whether it wants infiltrators for refugees or CAA. Bengal has to decide whether it wants to vote for jihad or Vikas,” he said.
Shah accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of opposing the CAA and “holding rallies in support of infiltrators” to appease her vote bank.
issued May 15, 2024, 08:07 IST
