Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that the BJP government treats Delhi and Kashmir equally and praised Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for his attempts to bridge the gap between the hearts of the people of J-K and Delhi.
Singh was speaking at the Tanda Artillery brigade in the Akhnoor sector, which is close to here, for the ninth Armed Forces Veterans’ Day event.
Because Kashmir was handled differently by earlier administrations, our regional brothers and sisters were unable to establish the proper connection with Delhi.
I don’t want to dwell on the past since our government’s greatest accomplishment to date has been attempting to close the “distance between hearts,” or “dil ki duri,” that separates Kashmir from the rest of the nation.
“I congratulate Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for taking the right steps to help overcome the little bit of gap (which is still there),” the defence minister said.
The Defence Minister criticised Chaudhry Anwarul Haq, the prime minister of Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK), for his anti-Indian statements, claiming that PoJK is necessary for Jammu and Kashmir to exist.
He also extended Makar Sankranti and New Year greetings to the veterans, and said their presence in Akhnoor demonstrates that “we are treating Akhnoor or for that matter Kashmir the same way as Delhi in our hearts.”
