New Delhi: While maintaining that both Northern and Western frontiers are equally important for India, Army chief General MM Naravane on Saturday said whenever the government gives a go-ahead, his force would be ready to take away Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir. Making it clear that rebalancing of deployment of the forces and weapons are being carried out to this, the General, commenting on Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir said, "If Parliament wants that area should be taken, we will definitely do so and action will be taken accordingly."

The Indian Army chief's comments came at the annual press conference, where he said there was a parliamentary resolution that entire erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir is part of India. Last year in October, the then army chief and now the country's first Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat had said that the PoK territory is illegally occupied by Pakistan.