Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement on Balochistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), Jammu and Kashmir unit of the BJP called for “moral, political and financial” support to the freedom movement in PoK. State BJP spokesperson Brigadier Anil Gupta welcomed Mr Modi’s remarks that PoK is ours and the process of dialogue must be initiated with expatriates all over the world from the region.

Mr Gupta claimed that since the announcement of the results of the recently held rigged elections, the slogan of Azadi has been reverberating in PoK and widespread protests going on in all the major towns such as Muzaffarabad, Mirpur, Chinari and Kotli.

Mr Gupta said, in fact, the people of Gilgit-Baltistan have also revolted against exploitation and repression by Pakistani.