J&K Governor Satya Pal Malik Plays Down Clamour Over PoK, Says 'Will Integrate Occupied Kashmir Through Development, Not War'
Malik said that politicians who do not get a chance to express their views on world stage have been demanding strict and prompt action to assimilate Pok in India, but dismissed such comments as their personal opinions.
Srinagar, September 18: Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik on Wednesday reiterated his policy on PoK and said that if India has to get Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (Pok), then the right way ahead is to develop Kashmir and make it a model of administration, rather than going for war. The governor, in a veiled attack on leaders saying Pok is India's next 'target', expressed his disapproval at such suggestions. Malik said that politicians who do not get a chance to express their views on world stage have been demanding strict and prompt action to assimilate Pok in India, but dismissed such comments as their personal opinions. PM Narendra Modi's Mantra to J&K Governor Satya Pal Malik: 'PoK People Should Want to Cross Border and Say This is Our Kashmir'.
Governor Malik added that war is not a solution and that his "map" for PoK goes through Kashmir's development and prosperity. Malik also said that if Kashmir develops, the people of PoK will themselves demand merger with India.
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Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik had recently revealed what Prime Minister Narendra Modi told him on the day he took charge as the governor of Jammu and Kashmir. Prime Minister Narendra Modi told me to make Jammu and Kashmir so prosperous that the people of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) would want to come and settle here, said Governor Satya Pal Malik on Saturday.
"When I came to take charge of Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister told me that make Jammu and Kashmir shine so much that people of PoK would want to cross the border over to our side and say proudly, this is our Kashmir," Malik said addressing the audience at an event in Srinagar.
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