Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the ‘Gen-Next’ politician of Pakistan, has said that his Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) would get back entire Kashmir from India.
Bilawal, in his 20s, was addressing party workers in Multan region in Punjab on Friday. “I will take back Kashmir, all of it, and I will not leave behind a single inch of it because, like the other provinces, it belongs to Pakistan,” said the scion of highly influential Bhutto family.
When Bilawal made these remarks, he was flanked by former prime ministers Yousaf Raza Gilani and Raja Pervaiz Asharaf. Bilawal, who has announced plans to contest next general elections in 2018, heads the secular Pakistan People’s Party which officially wants good ties with India.
His mother, former slain premier Benazir Bhutto, was twice elected as prime minister while his maternal grandfather Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, who founded the PPP in 1967, also served as prime minister in 1970s. Bilawal’s father Asif Ali Zardari was Pakistan’s president from 2008 to 2013.
‘Far from reality’: India
Meanwhile, India on Saturday termed as “far from reality” comment of Bilawal Bhutto that his party will get back entire Kashmir from it and asserted the integrity and unity of the country was “non-negotiable”.
“We are in the process of looking forward and looking forward does not mean that our borders will be changed. We made it very clear that as far as we are concerned, the integrity and unity of India is non negotiable,” Spokesperson in the External Affairs Ministry Syed Akbaruddin said. He said the comment was “far from reality which takes us back into the past century”.
The BJP described as “immature” and “childish” the statement by Bhutto that the country would “take back all of Kashmir” and said the territory would always remain an integral part of India.
“Kashmir is very much a part of India and will remain so. Any discussion on it is not acceptable to us. Kashmir resides in the hearts of Indians,” said BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain.
The party said that Pakistani leaders are known for making such provocative statements and India’s security forces are capable of protecting its territory and give a fitting reply to Pakistan, as it has in the past.
“I will take back Kashmir, all of it, and I will not leave behind a single inch of it because, like the other provinces, it belongs to Pakistan
