India has a right to entire JK, says Gen Rawat
Kargil: Army Chief General Bipin Rawat on Friday said that India has the right over the entire Jammu and Kashmir, including Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PaK). He said that it is a political decision on how India will wrest it back from Pakistan.
Speaking on the 20th anniversary of India’s victory in the Kargil War, General Rawat said, “India has the right over the entire Jammu and Kashmir, including PaK. How we will take it back is a political decision. Will it be taken in back in a diplomatic manner or will there be another way, it will be decided. The step to be taken next will be carried out as per orders.”
Gen Rawat said that Jammu and Kashmir was merged into India in October 1947 by the then King Hari Singh.
“Accordingly, the Indian Army was deployed in Kashmir and we had thrown out the Pakistani infiltrators at that time but at that time ceasefire was declared. Since then, a part of Kashmir is under Pakistan,” added General Rawat.
Earlier General Rawat had advised Pakistan against repeating any misadventure and warned Pakistan of a “bloodier nose” if it chooses to go into another war with India. ”Don`t do it. Misadventures are normally not repeated. You`ll get a bloodier nose next time,” General Rawat said at a press conference.
The 20th anniversary of the Kargil Vijay Diwas is being observed to commemorate the success of ”Operation Vijay” which was launched by the Indian Army to recapture the strategic Indian territories held by the Pakistani intruders in the Kargil-Drass sector in 1999.
Since 1999, July 26 is celebrated as the Kargil Vijay Diwas every year to commemorate the victory of ”Operation Vijay”. While the 60-day long war resulted in the loss of several lives on both the sides, India eventually won the unofficial war by regaining control of all the previously held territory, re-establishing the status quo.
One of the most prominent wars between India and Pakistan, the Kargil War or the Kargil Conflict took place between May 3 and July 26, 1999, in the Kargil district of Kashmir and elsewhere along the Line of Control (LOC).
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