Army ready for action in PoK: General Rawat
| Date :13-Sep-2019 |
AMETHI :
We are ready, but the decision in this regard has to be taken by Central Government, says the Army chief. “We want that residents of J&K should give a chance to security forces, administration to bring peace in Valley. They have faced terrorism for 30 years. Now, they should give the peace process a chance,” said Rawat.
ARMY chief General Bipin Rawat on Thursday said that forces are always ready for action in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK). “The Army is always ready (Sena to hamesha taiyar rehti hai),” General Rawat told reporters when asked if his force is ready for action in PoK. However, the Army chief made it clear that a decision in this regard has to be taken by the Central Government. “This has to be done by the Central Government.
The other institutions will act as the Government directs them in this regard,” he said. Rawat was replying to a media query on Union Minister Jitendra Singh’s statement who said that the next agenda of the Government is retrieving PoK and making it a part of India. On being asked about Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi mentioning Jammu Kashmir as Indian State, General Rawat said, “We are very happy as you are, after listening to this. This is the truth. This is the reality.” Commenting on the situation in Jammu Kashmir, the Army chief said, “It is necessary for the people of Jammu Kashmir to understand that what is happening there is for them only. When the Government has given certain instructions, Article 370 has been scrapped.
All this has been done to integrate Jammu and Kashmir with India.” “We want that residents of Jammu and Kashmir should give a chance to security forces, administration to bring peace in the Valley. They have faced terrorism for 30 years. Now, they should give the peace process a chance. Then they will realise what they got by peace, things that they did not get during all those years,” he added. Jitendra Singh, who is Minister of State in PMO and also holds Independent charge of the DONER Ministry, had made the statement on PoK while talking about achievements of the Modi Government after 100 days of its formation.