Senior BJP leader and former Union Minister Uma Bharti on Friday asserted that reclaiming Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) remains India’s ultimate goal, adding that the nation’s objective will be achieved once it is brought back.
Speaking to ANI, Bharti said Pakistan’s sponsorship of terrorism would eventually lead to its downfall. She criticised those questioning Operation Sindoor, launched by India in May 2025 in response to the Pahalgam terror attack, calling them people who “defame the country” and “do not understand national pride.”
“Our objective is to take PoK back, and it is in everybody’s mind. When we reclaim PoK, our mission will be complete. Those who question the Armed Forces don’t deserve to be in politics,” she said.
She also recalled the 1994 unanimous Parliamentary resolution declaring PoK an integral part of India and underlined that India has consistently fought Pakistan-backed terrorism.
On Operation Sindoor, Bharti noted that the offensive had destroyed terror infrastructure in Pakistan and PoK, eliminating over 100 terrorists, while India repelled subsequent Pakistani aggression.
Commenting on the Malegaon blast case acquittals, Bharti alleged there had been a conspiracy to malign Hindus for political gain. She said Lt. Col. Prasad Shrikant Purohit and Sadhvi Pragya Singh had suffered “brutal torture,” questioning why their names were added to the case while the “real culprits” remained at large.
Reflecting on her political journey, Bharti recalled her rise as a Hindutva leader, her tenure as Madhya Pradesh CM in 2003, her later electoral setbacks, and eventual return as a Union Minister in Narendra Modi’s Cabinet in 2014 before stepping back from electoral politics in 2019.
