• By Mayukh Debnath
  • Fri, 06 Sep 2024 05:13 PM (IST)
  • Source:JND
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BJP J-K Manifesto: The Bharatiya Janata Party has released its manifesto for the upcoming Assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir. The document was released in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. A rehabilitation scheme for the Kashmiri Pandits and Sikhs who fled Kashmir at the peak of militancy in the valley also featured in the saffron party's poll manifesto.

"The scheme will be very detailed. We will look for complete rehabilitation. Many Kashmiri Pandits and people from the Sikh community who left when the terrorism was at its peak were forced to sell their properties. We have already started working in this regard - either returning their properties or providing the amount for their properties. We are towards the completion of rehabilitation of 6000 people," Shah said while addressing a press conference.

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The BJP also promised the implementation of multiple welfare measures focused on women and youth. "We have decided that we will bring 'Ma Samman Yojana' to give Rs 18,000 to the eldest lady of every family, each year... We will give two free cylinders under the Ujjwala scheme, per year. Under Pragati Shiksha Yojana, we will provide Rs 3,000 to college students per year, as a travelling allowance," Shah announced.

He also warned that any attempt to restore Article 370, which was repealed by the Centre in 2019, will be met with fierce resistance. "I have seen the NC's (National Conference) agenda. I have also seen Congress silently supporting NC's agenda. But, I want to say to the country that Article 370 is history, it will never return, and we won't let it happen. Article 370 was the thing that gave weapons and stones in the hands of the youth," Shah stated.

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This will be the first Assembly election in present-day Jammu and Kashmir, a union territory (UT) that came into existence after the bifurcation of the state of the same name in 2019. The undivided Jammu and Kashmir witnessed its last Assembly polls in 2014.

(With inputs from agencies)