PANAJI: Pakistan is on the verge of splitting into two as Balochistan makes its final push towards independence, Goa CM Pramod Sawant predicted to a gathering of BJP workers on Sunday. He also reassured them that PM Narendra Modi would "100% take revenge on Pakistan" for the April 22 Pahalgam attack.
Sawant said that unlike Pakistan, where the population of Hindus had been declining, India's Muslim community was growing.
"Muslims stayed back in India after Partition and we have since seen their population increasing. We have no issues with them. We are a secular country. Hindus, Muslims and Christians maintain communal harmony and stay together peacefully in the country."
He suggested Pakistan's forced insularity had since paved the way for another split. "Bharat was one country. After it was divided, India and Pakistan were formed. In 1971, Pakistan was divided into two countries, and a new country Bangladesh was born. Again, a new country called Balochistan is likely to be born."
Balochistan, the largest and among the more backward provinces of Pakistan, has been at war with Islamabad, with Balochs claiming their territory was forcibly annexed.
Referring to the attacks on Kashmiri pandits in the 1990s that led to their exodus from J&K, the CM said it was only possible because politicians of that era tolerated terrorism. He said Congress was in govt for almost 60 years but never took a stand against terrorists.
"Think why they (Congress) are in this situation - because they have never worked in the interest of the country but for themselves. This is the first time the people of India have realised it," he said.
"Modi is not like them... he won't tolerate," Sawant said. "Govt has already asked Pakistani nationals to leave the country and it will not allow them to enter India till Pakistan stops terrorism." He said three Pakistani nationals who had been living in Goa on short-term visas had since left the country.
Sawant said that unlike Pakistan, where the population of Hindus had been declining, India's Muslim community was growing.
"Muslims stayed back in India after Partition and we have since seen their population increasing. We have no issues with them. We are a secular country. Hindus, Muslims and Christians maintain communal harmony and stay together peacefully in the country."
He suggested Pakistan's forced insularity had since paved the way for another split. "Bharat was one country. After it was divided, India and Pakistan were formed. In 1971, Pakistan was divided into two countries, and a new country Bangladesh was born. Again, a new country called Balochistan is likely to be born."
Balochistan, the largest and among the more backward provinces of Pakistan, has been at war with Islamabad, with Balochs claiming their territory was forcibly annexed.
Referring to the attacks on Kashmiri pandits in the 1990s that led to their exodus from J&K, the CM said it was only possible because politicians of that era tolerated terrorism. He said Congress was in govt for almost 60 years but never took a stand against terrorists.
"Think why they (Congress) are in this situation - because they have never worked in the interest of the country but for themselves. This is the first time the people of India have realised it," he said.
"Modi is not like them... he won't tolerate," Sawant said. "Govt has already asked Pakistani nationals to leave the country and it will not allow them to enter India till Pakistan stops terrorism." He said three Pakistani nationals who had been living in Goa on short-term visas had since left the country.
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