• By Kamal Kumar
  • Sat, 07 Sep 2024 01:24 PM (IST)
  • Source:JND

Jammu and Kashmir News:  Addressing a poll rally in Jammu, the Union Home Minister Amit Shah, on Saturday, slammed Congress and National Conference, accusing them of 'fooling' the people of Jammu and Kashmir with the false promise of 'statehood'. "Who can give it", the BJP leader asked the crowd, adding that only Prime Minister Modi can deliver on the promise as it is a prerogative of the centre, not the UT.

Amit Shah said that the BJP government will restore the statehood of Jammu and Kashmir at an appropriate time after the elections. We have promised it in the Parliament, Shah said.

"Congress and National Conference are saying they will restore statehood. Tell me who can give it? It is only the Central government, PM Modi who can give it. So stop fooling the people of Jammu and Kashmir. We have said that at an appropriate time after the elections, we will give statehood to Jammu and Kashmir. We have said this in Parliament... Rahul Gandhi should stop misleading the people of J&K," Union Home Minister Amit Shah said amid the loud cheers by the crowd.

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'Congress-NC Govt Won't Be Formed'

The BJP leader said the National Conference and Congress can not form the government in Jammu and Kashmir, despite rumours rife in the valley.

"...There is a rumour here that the National Conference is going to form the government. I have been a student of election statistics from a very young age and I am telling you this that the government of Congress and Farooq Abdullah can never be formed in Jammu and Kashmir," he said.

'They Drank Coffee While State Bore Brunt Of Terrorism'

Accusing previous Congress' central governments and NC-PDP governments in the erstwhile state of Jammu Kashmir, Amit Shah claimed that the people who would come here and become chief ministers when there was peace and when there was terrorism, they would go to Delhi and drink coffee in coffee bars.

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"Kashmir has suffered a lot from terrorism. There were governments in Kashmir that turned a blind eye to terrorism. There are people who would come here and become chief ministers when there was peace and when there was terrorism, they would go to Delhi and drink coffee in coffee bars. The Bharatiya Janata Party has done the work of reducing terrorism by 70% in 10 years. After many years, the Amarnath Yatra was carried out fearlessly. After many years, night theatre started in the valley, Tazia procession was carried out in the valley. The people of Jammu and Kashmir especially the people of Jammu have to decide whether they want terrorism peace or development. If NC and Congress come to power, terrorism will come and if BJP will come, then no one can infiltrate here," he said.