Video Of Amit Shah Saying That PoK Would Have Been With India If Ceasefire Was Deferred Is Old

India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire on Saturday following days of intense military escalations. “The Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) of Pakistan called the DGMO of India at 3:35 p.m. and agreed that both sides would stop all firing and military action on land, in the air and at sea, with effect from 5 p.m. today,” Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said on May 10. 

Now, a video allegedly showing Union Home Minister Amit Shah saying that Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) would have been a part of India today if the ceasefire was deferred by three days is going viral online. 

In the 29-second-long-video, Shah is purportedly heard saying, “…biggest mistake. When our Army was winning…ceasefire was declared and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir was born. Had the ceasefire been deferred by three days, Pakistan-occupied Kashmir would have been a part of India today…” 

The video is being widely circulated across social media platforms. Newschecker, however, found the video to be old.

Such posts can be seen here, here and here.

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Fact Check/Verification

On carefully analysing the viral video, we noticed the date-stamp on the bottom right corner of the screen stating “06.12.23”. 

Taking a clue, we looked up keywords “Amit Shah”, “ Parliament”,  “speech” and “December 6 2023” on YouTube which yielded the live streaming of the same on the official YouTube channel of the Union Minister. 

“HM Shri Amit Shah speaking in the Lok Sabha on the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) bill, 2023 and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) bill, 2023,” its description read. 

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At the counters of 53:27 minute, we heard Shah saying, “Kashmir had to suffer because of the blunder that happened during Nehru’s time…Kashmir had to suffer for years because of two big mistakes committed during Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s tenure as the Prime Minister…First, when our Army was winning, on reaching the Punjab area ceasefire was announced. And Pakistan-occupied Kashmir was born. Had the ceasefire been deferred by  three days, Pakistan-occupied Kashmir would have been a part of India…” 

Multiple reports such as this, this and this, carried Shah’s controversial remarks on Nehru during a Parliamentary discussion on the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill in December 2023.  Several Congress MPs walked out of Parliament, and multiple opposition leaders condemned Shah’s comments about Nehru. 

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Conclusion

Hence, an old video of Amit Shah saying that PoK would have been in India if ceasefire was deferred has been shared out of context.

Source
YouTube Video By Amit Shah, Dated December 6, 2023