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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh connected Sunday (November 23, 2025) asserted that portion Sindh is nary longer portion of India geographically, it remains an integral portion of India’s civilisational heritage.
Speaking astatine a assemblage event, helium said, “Today, the onshore of Sindh whitethorn not beryllium a portion of India, but civilisationally, Sindh volition ever beryllium a portion of India. And arsenic acold arsenic onshore is concerned, borders tin change. Who knows, time Sindh whitethorn instrumentality to India again.”
Referring to elder BJP person Lal Krishna Advani, himself calved successful Sindh, Singh said Advani had written astir however Sindhi Hindus of his procreation ne'er afloat accepted the separation of Sindh from India. “Not conscionable successful Sindh but passim India, Hindus considered the Indus River sacred. Many Muslims successful Sindh besides believed that the h2o of the Indus was nary little ineffable than the Aab-e-Zamzam of Mecca,” helium quoted.
Singh reiterated that radical of Sindhi root would “always stay our own, nary substance wherever they live.”
Plight of minorities
The Defence Minister besides spoke astatine magnitude astir the plight of minorities successful neighbouring countries. He said these communities had suffered violence, forced conversions and displacement, and criticised past “appeasement-seeking governments” for denying them due rehabilitation successful India.
“Those who genuinely deserved compassion were not fixed the rights they needed,” helium said. Singh added that Prime Minister Narendra Modi understood their suffering, which led to the instauration of the Citizenship Amendment Bill.
He noted that the authorities had permitted persecuted minorities from neighbouring nations to enactment successful India “without passports till 2024, enabling them to unrecorded with dignity.”
Singh recalled the Supreme Court’s 2005 ruling upholding the inclusion of the connection “Sindh” successful the nationalist anthem, saying the determination reaffirmed the taste and civilisational value of the portion irrespective of existent boundaries.
He besides criticised the Congress enactment during Partition, saying it ignored the information concerns of Hindus successful Sindh and discouraged their migration to India.
Calling Sindhis descendants of the Indus Valley civilisation, helium said it was “unacceptable” that specified a assemblage lived arsenic “second-class citizens” for decades aft Partition.
The Defence Minister praised the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) for supporting Sindhi Hindus during the tumultuous years pursuing Partition, including providing self-defence training.
Concluding his address, Singh urged the assemblage to proceed contributing to India’s taste and economical progress. He wished them a agleam aboriginal and assured the government’s continued support.
