Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday sent a strong message to neighbouring Pakistan amid its attempts to "hobnob with like-minded" parties in Jammu and Kashmir, and said that no power in the world can bring back Article 370.
We will not allow Pakistan to run its agenda in Jammu and Kashmir," thundered PM Modi while addressing his second poll rally in Jammu's Katra. Launching a blistering attack on the Congress-National Conference (NC) alliance in the Union Territory, PM Modi slammed it for sharing a "common agenda" with the Pakistani establishment.
Referring to Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif's statement on Article 370, PM Modi said the neighboring country's "admiration of the Congress-NC manifesto exposes their unholy alliance".
PM Modi said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would never let that happen. "Pakistani Defence Minister said the agenda of Congress-NC alliance on Article 370 and 35A is the same as that of Pakistan.". Today, Congress and the NC are on expose as the Pakistani minister openly professed gratitude for their poll promises on Article 370. That means the agenda of Pakistan in Kashmir is what the NC-Congress alliance wants to enforce, PM Modi told the gathering.
"The BJP will never let their agenda succeed," he said. They know that Pakistani infiltrators have inflicted deep wounds to the residents of Jammu and Kashmir," said PM Modi while accusing the Congress and NC of "working against India's interests." "Pakistan's wicked and nefarious plots killed our brothers and sisters but they want to align with them. For decades, they have been doing the same thing that their Pakistani bosses wanted them to do," he said. He added that for the BJP, the nation comes first and foremost and it will always go the whole hog in defending the country's frontiers and punishing the country's enemies.
In the morning, Home Minister Amit Shah also turned his guns on the NC-Congress alliance for its demand for restoration of Article 370, thereby giving a handle to Pakistani elements to 'influence' the poll process.
Congress and Pakistan have the same intentions and agenda, said Nadda. For the last few years, Rahul Gandhi has been standing with every anti-India force, hurting the sentiments of the countrymen, he added. Modi will not allow Pakistan's agenda to come to reality. They want Article 370 restored and I tell them that no power on earth can get Article 370 back. Nothing is dearer to the country than the country, Prime Minister said. This election will decide on the future of Jammu and Kashmir. This election will bring the 'Naya Kashmir' concept propagated by BJP to greater heights. NC, Congress and PDP have hurt the emotions of this region for several years. It's now for you to see that the political sun of these parties sets forever.
'BJP has removed years-old discrimination against you," said Prime Minister Modi while addressing the rally. "They have in the past accused the Dogra heritage. In the name of selling love, the Congress sells hatred. They said the Dogra Maharajas were corrupt. They can't see anything beyond the vote bank. They increased the chasm between Jammu and the Valley.". The BJP declared Maharaja Hari Singh's birthday to be a holiday in order to pay homage. You were discriminated against by NC-Congress governments. Today, your Chenab Railway Bridge is many feet higher than the Eiffel Tower of Paris. Today, pictures of this bridge are circulated throughout the world, PM Modi said. The Prime Minister further said the Katra region is a symbol of "our faith and tradition because this is the abode of Mata Vaishno Devi".
"We need a government that will foster this faith and tradition. The Congress cannot protect this faith. The Congress scion said abroad recently that the gods and goddesses of Hindu religion do not represent real God. Congress says 'Devtas' are not gods. In our country our gods and goddesses are worshipped. Isn't this an insult to our gods and goddesses?PM Modi wondered.
He said the Congress is doing everything under a well thought-out plan. "This is a Naxalite (Maoist) ideology brought from foreign countries. Naxalite thinking has overtaken the thought process of the Congress party."
The Prime Minister further said: "When I would come here as a BJP worker, my friends here, some of whom I see in this gathering today, would give me 'Kradi' (Milk Bread), which was very famous.
The BJP government got the 'Kradi' of Udhampur GI tag. We got Basohli Pashmina also GI tag. We want all round development in this region. Our Para athlete, Rakesh and our shooter Sheetal from here got us Bronze at the Olympics. And this happened due to the blessings of Mata Vaishno Devi. Talking on the same Government focus, PM spoke on the improvements that government wanted in the railway infrastructure.
"When we started semi high-speed Vande Bharat train services, one train chugged from Delhi to Katra town. Railway stations in Katra and Reasi were in shambles, we built them anew. No government in the past had guts to construct dams on rivers and they would let the water untapped go to Pakistan. We constructed the Shahpur Kandi dam that has benefited thousands of farmers whose lands had remained parched." The Prime Minister said that after the abrogation of Article 370, terrorism and violence came down. "Jammu and Kashmir is moving on the path to progress. With your support, we will eliminate terrorism completely. BJP will bring out white paper on who actually suffered due to terrorism," PM Modi assured.
The Prime Minister further said that giving statehood is not a mere electoral slogan for the BJP since the government has stated on the floor of the Parliament that statehood would be restored to J&K. He also said that he knows about the demands of the Baridar Samaj. "We started a scholarship to students of Baridar Samaj up to 12th class. We have spent Re 3.50 crore for marriages of daughters of this Samaj."
He urges the people of Jammu and Kashmir to give a massive mandate to BJP so that they can make a strong government in Jammu and Kashmir.
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