PoK Will Return Someday & Say 'I'm India': Defence Minister Rajnath Singh

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that the people of Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir are part of India and someday it will be integrated with India.

What Defence Minister Said?

Speaking at the CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) Annual Business Summit-2025, Singh said, "Most of the people in PoK feel a deep connection with India, there are only a few who have been misled. The situation of our brothers living in PoK is similar to that of the brave warrior Maharana Pratap's younger brother Shakti Singh..."

The Defence Minister said that India always talks about connecting hearts, and it believes that by following the path of love, unity and truth. He stated, "The day is not far when our own part PoK will return and say, I am India, I have come back. Integration of PoK with India depends on the cultural, social and economic prosperity of this country..."

Taking a dig at Pakistan, the Union Minister stated that running the business of terrorism is not cost-effective today and Pakistan has realised that it has to pay a heavy price for it. "We have redesigned and redefined both India's strategy and response against terrorism. We have recalibrated our engagement and scope of dialogue with Pakistan.

Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) refers to the region of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir that has been under Pakistani administration since 1947-48. India considers it an integral part of its sovereign territory, illegally occupied by Pakistan.

Now, whenever there will be talks, it will be only on terrorism and PoK. I believe that the people of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK) are our own, part of our family. We are committed to the resolution of "Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat" and we have full faith that our brothers who are geographically and politically separated from us today, will also return to the mainstream of India someday or the other..." he added.

He then spoke about India's self reliance in the defence sector and the Indian government has approved the execution model for the AMCA (advanced medium combat aircraft) project, which is a project to build 5th generation fighter aircraft in India. He explained, "This is a very bold and decisive decision, which will strengthen India's defence capabilities as well as provide depth and new heights to the aerospace sector in this country. Under the AMCA project, there is a plan to develop five prototypes, which will later go into series production. This decision should be considered a milestone in the history of the Make in India program because for the first time, the private sector will get a chance to participate along with public sector companies in a mega defence project."