“They talk about the Constitution. Ye nafrat ki dukaan pe mohabbat ki dukaan ka board laga kar ke ghumte hai. But a journalist of our country was subjected to cruelty in the USA by Congress. A son of India was insulted in the USA,” said PM Modi while addressing a rally in Jammu & Kashmir’s Doda.
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The Prime Minister also criticised the Congress party, National Conference, and People’s Democratic Party, warning that Jammu and Kashmir will return to the days when schools were set ablaze and children will have stones in their hands if their policies get implemented.
“Congress, PDP, and NC want to restore Article 370. That would mean that the three families will once again snatch the reservation of the Pahadis. If their manifestos are implemented, the schools will once again be burnt, children will have stones in their hands, and there will be strikes,” PM Modi said.
PM Modi further attacked the opposition for depriving the Pahadi, SC, ST, and OBC communities of reservation in the erstwhile state. He also said that these days, opposition leaders are keeping a copy of the Constitution in their pockets only to hide their “misdeeds”.
“These days they (the opposition) keep a book of the Constitution in their pockets. Why are they doing this? They are doing so to hide their misdeeds. They had disrespected the soul of the Constitution. Why were there two Constitutions here? Why were Pahadi, SC, ST, and OBC, deprived of reservation? After so many generations, the BJP government has granted them reservations. Today, there are many individuals who, for the first time, have received the right to vote. The Constitution of India grants everyone the right to vote. However, those who carried the Constitution in their pockets had deprived some of you of this right for 75 years,” PM Modi added.
Additionally, PM Modi also attacked Congress over Mallikarjun Kharge’s recent remarks. “What is the thinking and intention of the Congress? This also becomes clear from the words of its president. He comes here and says, ‘If we got 20 more seats, all the BJP leaders, including Modi, would have been in jail’. Is this their agenda?” the PM said.
He also said that any resident of Jammu and Kashmir, regardless of his religion, region, and cultural affiliation, is a “priority for the BJP government”.
“I guarantee to safeguard your rights. It’s only the BJP that can reinforce statehood to Jammu and Kashmir,” he said.
PM Modi later also highlighted the work done by the government in the Union Territory.
“People of Ramban district, Doda Kishtwar and Kashmir Valley can reach Delhi directly by train, we will fulfil this dream of yours. Very soon, the work of the railway line going from Delhi to Srinagar via Ramban will be completed. The station is ready and the trial has also started. Very soon, this part will also be connected to the whole country by rail. It is our resolve to provide better education and better treatment to the poorest of the poor families,” PM said.
“J&K is the state of the country where every family gets free treatment up to Rs 5 lakhs. J-K BJP has announced to provide free treatment up to Rs 7 lakh to every poor family…The eldest woman of the family has also announced to deposit Rs 18,000 every year in the bank account of the eldest woman of the family…Till now, the farmers of J-K were getting Rs 6,000 under PM Samman Nidhi. Now the BJP has announced to increase it to Rs. 10,000,” he added.
The Prime Minister also assured that the BJP government will provide full statehood to Jammu and Kashmir.
8 assembly seats in three districts- Doda, Kishtwar, and Ramban will go to polls during the first phase of the assembly elections which will be held on 18 September. The next two phases of voting are scheduled for September 25 and October 1, with counting on October 8.