Islamabad: Pakistan condemned “Highly irresponsible remarks” made by C Minister of India’s Uttar Pradesh on “Taking back Sindhu (Sindh)” and said that such statements “Manifest revisionist and expansionist mindset”.

Day earlier, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath said that if Ram Janmabhoomi site of Babri Masjid which has now been turned into temple could be “Taken back after 500 years, then there is no reason why we cannot take back Sindhu”, NDTV reported. “After 500 years, grand temple of Lord Ram is being constructed in Ayodhya. Ramlala will be seated again in his temple by Prime Minister in January.

In response to Indian Minister’s remarks, Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said, “We condemn highly irresponsible remarks made by Uttar Pradesh CM, key member of India’s ruling dispensation and follower of bigoted Hindutva ideology, at National Sindhi Convention in Lucknow.”

She said it was “Equally condemnable” “So-called” reclamation of Ram Janmabhoomi was cited by Adityanath as template for reclaiming region that constituted part of Pakistan. “History bears witness that Hindu supremacist mob had brazenly demolished historic Babri Masjid on December 6, 1992 to take back claimed birthplace of Lord Rama in Ayodhya,” FO spokesperson recalled.

Baloch stated that Indian Minister’s “Provocative remarks” were inspired by “Gratuitous assertion of ‘Akhand Bharat’ (undivided India)”. “These remarks manifest revisionist and expansionist mindset that seeks to subjugate identity and culture of not only India’s neighbouring countries but also its own religious minorities. They also reflect perverse view of history.

“It is matter of grave concern that such ideas are being increasingly peddled by individuals belonging to BJP-RSS combined to further their divisive and parochial political agenda,” Baloch said.

Published in The Daily National Courier, October, 10 2023

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