Would like govt to take back POK, says Cong’s Soni

JAMMU: The entire Jammu & Kashmir is an integral part of India and “we would like” the government to take back the region occupied by Pakistan, senior Congress leader Ambika Soni said on Wednesday.
Soni also targeted the BJP government over the division of J&K into two Union Territories, and said the people, especially the youth, felt “humiliated” by the decision.
Talking to reporters here, the Congress general secretary said the erstwhile princely state of J&K, in its entirety, “is an integral part of India....If they are able to take back POK, what will be better than this”. “...taking it back is a pending task and we would like that they take it back because that is our part,” she added.
She said the state “was dismembered and turned into a Union Territory without consulting the people of the state or anyone in the country”. She said unless democratic rights of the people in J&K are restored, the situation is not normal.
Asked about the political campaign of BJP focusing on Pakistan and nationalism, the Congress leader said, “We, the people of India, get sentimental when it comes to the nation but how long they will get away with it. Do not test our nationalism because we are second to none in being nationalist.”