Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has conformed that the region from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) to Gilgit-Baltistan is an integral part of India, on Monday and added it's under the illegal occupation of Pakistan currently. 

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Minister has tweeted "Gilgit-Baltistan is under illegal occupation by Pakistan and is now going to make it a state on which our government has said in two words that from PoK to Gilgit-Baltistan is an integral part of India". He also tweeted, "We did not want India to be divided but it was done. You are also aware of the Hindu-Sikh-Buddhist who remained in Pakistan and how they have been dealing with them. We enacted a citizenship law for minorities facing religious persecution there".  

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Over the 2019 Pulwama attack, minister said earlier the Congress have gone silent from pointing a finger at PM Narendra Modi after Pakistan revealed their involvement in the incident. Last Friday, on October 31, a Pakistani minister has admitted of his country's involvement in the Pulwama attack has revealed the truth on the matter and silenced those who had questioned the NDA governments intent on the issue. His statement came at an election rally a day after senior Pakistani minister Fawad Chaudhry sensationally admitted that his country was responsible for the Pulwama terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir that killed 40 CRPF personnel.

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