Stating that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi government in five years took several measures with various people-friendly schemes and developmental projects in Jammu and Kashmir, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday promised a terror-free region.
“I promise you that the BJP will give you terror-free Jammu and Kashmir,” Shah said addressing a public rally at Chenani in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir.
He was campaigning in support of party candidate Balwant Singh Mankotia contesting from the Chenani Constituency going to poll in the last and final phase of the ongoing Assembly elections scheduled on October 1.
“In the last 70 years, the hilly belts of J&K were ignored by the governments ruled by the Muftis and Abdullahs but the Modi government transformed this region into ‘Naya Jammu and Kashmir’ and developed the neglected areas,” said Shah.
Stating that the BJP will provide terror-free Jammu and Kashmir, Shah said, “Terrorism in J&K has been buried and would not be allowed to stage a comeback.”
On the pre-poll Congress-National Conference alliance, he said, “The Congress-NC alliance if comes to power would impose Pakistan’s agenda of restoring Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir but we will never allow it to happen.”
Article 370 is history now, said Shah and rubbished claims of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and NC leader Omar Abdullah asserting that neither they nor their three generations can bring it back.
Shah said that there are no hartals (strikes), incidents of stone-pelting, and violence after the abrogation of Article 370, adding, “Whoever spreads terror will get his answer at the gallows.”
He said that the PM Modi-headed regime had fulfilled the dream of Syama Prasad Mukherjee by abrogating Article 370 on August 5, 2019.
“As far as the restoration of Statehood to Jammu and Kashmir is concerned, it can be done only by the Parliament and will be done by Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” he said.
“Do not forget to press the button of ‘Lotus’ on October 1 because it is only the BJP that can secure your future and make Jammu and Kashmir a developed region,” he stated.
