‘PoK was given away by Congress,

Taking on the Opposition over its barbs as to why Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) was not taken back once Pakistan was on the back foot following the launch of Operation Sindoor, Union Home Minister Amit Shah Wednesday said that while “PoK had been given away by the Congress, the BJP will bring it back”. He asserted that no terror attacks would henceforth go without a response, adding that terrorism would be brought to an end.

Replying to a special debate on Operation Sindoor and Pahalgam attack in the Rajya Sabha, Shah said that while earlier surgical strikes hit PoK, Operation Sindoor was the first time that India attacked deep inside Pakistani territory.

Recalling the sequence of events from May 7 to May 10 during the hostilities between India and Pakistan, Shah said that Pakistan was no longer in a position to fight once its air bases were attacked. There was no foreign pressure for the ceasefire, but Pakistan went down on its knees, he said,