Chief Minister’s remark about ‘Sindh’ has got Pakistan seething

Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch and Yogi Adityanath

Islamabad – Pakistan has criticised Uttar Pradesh’s Chief Minister’s statement of reclaiming the Sindh Province. Pakistan has expressed its anger saying, ‘this is a very irresponsible comment of Yogi’. While addressing the ‘Sindhi Council of India’ two days National Sindhi Convention Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said, if Shriram Janmabhoomi can be taken back after 500 years, there is no reason why we cannot take back “Sindhu” – now in Pakistan.

500 वर्षों के बाद ‘श्री राम जन्मभूमि’ वापस ली जा सकती है तो कोई कारण नहीं कि ‘सिंधु’ को वापस न ले सकें… pic.twitter.com/prXz2o75PJ

— Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) October 8, 2023

Answering questions of the Press about the Yogi’s this statement, Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said Baloch stated that the Indian minister’s “provocative remarks” were inspired by the “gratuitous assertion of ‘Akhand Bharat’ (undivided India)” and termed it “highly irresponsible and a matter of grave concern”.