Disclaimer: This is a factual report of the minister’s public remarks. It does not reflect official government policy on borders or territorial claims.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today told a packed hall of Sindhis in Delhi something they never thought they’d hear from the mouth of an Indian minister: Sindh could one day come back to India. Today the land of Sindh is not with us, but culturally and civilisationally, Sindh will always be part of India. And land… well, borders can change. Who knows, tomorrow Sindh may return to India again,” he said in Hindi.
The moment he finished the sentence, the entire NDMC Convention Centre erupted. People jumped to their feet, clapping like mad, shouting “Jai Shri Ram!” and “Bharat Mata ki Jai!” Many were openly crying. Most in the audience were children and grandchildren of families who fled Sindh in 1947, leaving homes, shops and temples behind in Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur and Shikarpur. For them it felt like 78 years of quiet pain had finally been spoken out loud.
Rajnath then turned emotional himself. He spoke about L.K. Advani, born in Karachi, who had to run for his life as a teenager during Partition. Advani ji wrote in his book that even today, Sindhis of his generation have never truly accepted in their hearts that Sindh is no longer part of India he said. Old men and women in the crowd nodded hard, tears rolling down their cheeks.
He also reminded everyone that the Indus river is sacred to Hindus and even many Sindhi Muslims treat its water like holy Zamzam. This is the second time in a month Rajnath has spoken about “lost” territories returning. A few weeks ago in Morocco he said PoK would merge with India on its own because people there were fed up of Pakistan. Social media caught fire within minutes. BJP leaders shared the video with captions like “1947 was unnatural, the correction is coming”. Hashtags #SindhWithIndia and #AkhandBharat started trending. On the other side, Pakistani users and Sindhi nationalists hit back hard, calling it “dangerous daydreaming.
Congress leader Digvijaya Singh warned that such statements could heat up things between two nuclear neighbours. The government hasn’t clarified whether this is just emotional talk for the diaspora or something more. But one thing is clear: in Sindhi homes across India tonight, people are going to sleep with a tiny spark of hope they never dared to feel before.
Sources:
ANI video (23 Nov 2025)
Rajnath Singh’s official X handle clip
NDTV, Republic TV, India Today live coverag
Advani’s autobiography My Country My Life (quoted by the minister)
