The Defense Minister said that India will never give up its claim on occupied Kashmir. However, it was also said that India would not need to occupy PoK by force as the people of PoK would want to join India after seeing the development of Kashmir. Rajnath Singh had said that in future there will be a demand for merger of PoK with India on its own and hence there will be no need for military intervention here. A lot of improvement has been seen at the ground level in Jammu and Kashmir and a time will come when the state will not even need the AFSPA law. However, this matter is in the hands of the Home Ministry and it will take appropriate decision in this regard.
Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh has once again attacked Congress. He said there is no fire in Congress leader Rahul Gandhi while his party is playing with fire by trying to create Hindu-Muslim divide for electoral gains. Rajnath also indicated that if voted to power for the third time, BJP will implement big schemes like Uniform Civil Code (UCC) and One Nation One Election. In an interview, Rajnath said, I am confident that NDA will cross the 400 seats mark and BJP will get more than 370 seats. Rajnath also said that this estimate has been made after assessing the situation at the ground level.
Congress accused of spreading religious tension
The veteran BJP leader accused Congress of trying to disturb social harmony and create tension on religious grounds. He said that Congress is trying to create division between Hindus and Muslims for electoral gains. Congress is trying to create tension on religious grounds. They see Muslims only as a vote bank. My advice to them is that they should not do politics just to form the government. The aim of politics should be nation building. There is no fire in Rahul Gandhi but Congress is playing with fire.
We will not change the Preamble of the Constitution
The Defense Minister had said that the BJP government will never change the Constitution or end reservation. Rajnath Singh accused Congress of creating fear and spreading misinformation for vote bank politics. He said that Congress itself has spread this rumor that if BJP remains in power then it will change the Constitution. There is no question of changing the Preamble of the Constitution.
Pakistan's involvement in terrorism
The Defense Minister also accused Pakistan of indulging in cross-border terrorism and asked Pakistan to stop its destabilizing activities. Rajnath also expressed India's commitment to counter such threats and maintain peace in the region.