New Delhi: Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta on Wednesday claimed that Pakistan-administrated Kashmir (PaK) will soon be part of India during a protest outside the Pakistan High Commission here and slammed the neighbouring country over the vandalisation of the statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh in Lahore.
BJP members holding party flags and placards demonstrated in front of the High Commission, amid tight security.
Lambasting Pakistan, Gupta said the Modi government has given a befitting reply to Pakistan with the surgical strikes.
“What is happening in Pakistan is a display of Taliban mentality. We will not tolerate this extremist mentality,” he said in Hindi.
“A large number of Muslims live in India. They live in peace and harmony…If Pakistan does not leave this Jihadi mentality, the day is not far when Pakistan-occupied Kashmir will become a part of India,” Gupta said, addressing the protestors outside the High Commission.
He was greeted by chants of ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ by the protestors.
He also mentioned scrapping of the special status granted to Kashmir under Article 370 of the Constitution, banning of triple talaq and the enactment of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) which provides for fastrack citizenship to Hindu, Sikh, Parsi, Buddhist and Christian immigrants from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.
Gupta said no one can hurt the legacy of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, in whose reign people of all religions lived in peace.
“We are against this Taliban mindset, and we are here at the Pakistan High Commission to warn the Pakistan government that people of India will not be a mute spectator to such incidents,” he said.
Gupta and some other protesters were also seen climbing a barricade placed in front of the High Commission in the presence of scores of security personnel.
Members of Delhi BJP’s Yuva Morcha, Purvanchal Morcha and Sikh Cell were present in the protest, along with party workers.
The statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh was vandalised in Lahore, drawing a sharp reaction from India.
MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi on Tuesday called the incident ‘disturbing’ and said it was the third incident of vandalism since the statue was unveiled in 2019. He also said incidents of violence against minority communities, including attacks on their places of worship, cultural heritage, as well as private property, are increasing at an alarming rate.
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