Talks with Pakistan only on PoK, not J&K: Rajnath Singh

Singh also reiterated the Center's position that Pakistan should stop supporting terror outfits before holding a dialogue with India.

Notably, his comments come only days after he said that India can revoke its "No First Use" nuclear weapons policy - a statement being seen as a response to Pakistan's move to take up the Indian Government's decision on J&K in several international forums.

"If there would be any talks with Pakistan, it would happen only when Pakistan stops supporting terror from its soil until then there's no reason for any talks," Singh said at the BJP rally in Haryana

"Also, in future, if talks are held with Pakistan, then it will be on the issue of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and no other issue," the Defense Minister said.

"Our neighbor (Pakistan) is knocking doors of international community, saying India made a mistake (abrogation of Article 370 and J&K bifurcation)," Singh said at the rally.

This comes a day after the United Nations Security Council discussed the Kashmir issue on the request of China, Pakistan's all-weather ally.

However, the meeting was reportedly concluded with no resolution in a major snub to Pakistan.

"People used to say that any move on Article 370 will divide the nation. We were told that BJP won't come back to power after that," ANI quoted Singh as saying.

"I want to tell you, people, that BJP is not concerned about vote bank politics. We are more focused on the politics which is about national integration," he said at the rally.