His first Independence Day speech in 2014 lasted for 65 minutes and the address duration continued to increase since then.
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The Congress Party has come out to supports the PM Modi’s remarks on Balochistan, Gilgit-Baltistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
The former chief minister also said during his speech, Modi kept giving credit to himself, rather than mentioning the work done by his ministers. Thanking Modi for his statement on Balochistan, Brahumdagh Bugti, president of the Baloch Republican Party in a video statement, hoped that India will actively support the Baloch independence movement. But it remains to be seen how the PM will take this mission forward beyond the Red Fort. Is there any way out to find a solution on border disputes without fighting a war between the two nations? “Both the sides need to frankly and sincerely discuss Kashmir – and all other issues”.
However, it said that Modi’s “confrontational” stand vis-a-vis Pakistan on India’s Independence Day was “in appallingly bad taste”.
Briefing reporters on the Envoys Conference recently, Aziz said, “As for India, the Envoys Conference noted that India’s policy of not engaging in a comprehensive dialogue with Pakistan was not conducive for peace in South Asia”.
Indeed PoK must be returned to India by Pakistan.
New Delhi in turn accused Islamabad of exporting “international terrorism, cross-border infiltrators, weapons, narcotic and fake currency”.
India has always maintained that talks between the two countries should focus on “contemporary and relevant” issues in Indo-Pak relations.
There must be a solution and India must boldly answer to the militants. Since July 9 Jammu and Kashmir, the only Muslim-majority state in India, has been experiencing a wave of violence that forced government to close schools, businesses and official agencies, including postal offices and banks, and paralyze transport.
He said that the nomenclature PoK means that the territory is an integral part of India and the accession of Kashmir to India is an issue which was settled decades ago.
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Protest rallies were taken out against statements of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in different areas of Balochistan on Thursday.
