Scrapping of Article 370 was first step towards "Akhand Bharat", Ram Madhav said.
The scrapping of Article 370 of the Constitution was the first step towards meeting the objective of "Akhand Bharat" and the next step would be to take back the Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir, BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav said on Saturday.
"It will happen in phases. The first thing is that Jammu and Kashmir which was somewhat not in the mainstream, has been holistically connected to India," Mr Madhav said while he was addressing the participants of "Chhatra Sansad" in Delhi's Vigyan Bhawan.
"Our next objective is to take back the Indian land which is under illegal occupation of Pakistan," he added, pointing out that a resolution to take back PoK had been passed by the Parliament in 1994.
The senior BJP leader said the 20th century India was a "romantic and reticent" nation, carrying the dreams of a newly independent people, but the current generation is pragmatic and ambitious.
"The 21st century Bharat is different from the 20th century Bharat that was romantic and reticent as it had dreams of newly independent people and was ruled by freedom fighters. But the 21st century Bharat is pragmatic, pro-active and ambitious as it belongs to the youth," he said