NVI Special Correspondent
Katra,Sep 19 (NVI): Accusing National Conference and Congress of following Pakistan’s agenda, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said BJP will never allow the neighbouring country to interfere in J&K and that there was no question of return of Article 370.
“I was surprised to see that Pakistan’s defence minister Khawaja Asif claiming that Pakistan was on the same page on Article 370 and Article 35 A what NC-Congress alliance is advocating,” Prime Minister Modi said addressing a massive election rally at Katra, Jammu.
He said there was no question of bringing back Article 370 till the BJP government was there. “We will not allow the Pakistani agenda to be implemented in J&K,” PM Modi said. He said that as far as the Statehood, BJP was committed to return the Statehood to J&K as promised on the floor of the House.
Lashing out at three families—Abdullahs, Muftis and Gandhi’s, PM Modi said that these families always did injustice with Reasi and Kathua. “These parties even allowed our water to go across the border. They couldn’t construct a dam at Shahpur Kandi. It is the BJP that constructed damp to provide water supply to hundreds of farmers, who are earning their livelihood,” he said.
Congress believes in Naxal thinking and imported thinking. “You need to be cautious. It was under this Naxal thinking, Congress attacked Dogra creed in Jammu. Congress family is the one who promoted corruption across the country,” he said. “Look at the height, Congress attacks on Dogra virasat on Dogra soil.”
He said Congress sells “nafrat ka samaan on mohabbat ki dukaan”. “It is the Congress who did injustice with Jammu,” Modi said.
He said while Congress left no stone unturned to defame Maharaja Hari Singh, BJP in respect to Maharaja, announced holiday on Maharaja’s birth day. “NC-Congress has always treated Reasi-Kathua step motherly. “You expressed faith in me and I gave you world’s highest ever rail bridge over Chenab which is several feet higher than Eiffel tower of Paris,” Modi said.
He said that it was the BJP government that started the Vandhay Bharat Express train from Delhi to Katra. “More facilities are added to the railway stations of Katra and Reasi,” Modi said.
Modi said Pakal Dul, Rattley, Kiru and Kawar power projects are under construction. “These projects will provide livelihood to Jammu youth besides electricity,” he said, adding that a new Medical College has come up in Udhampur and district hospital has also been completed in Reasi district.
He said railway connectivity in J&K is luring more than 2 Crore tourists visited the UT. “Over 95 lakh devotees alone visited Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine,” he said, adding that in the coming years, a record number of tourists are set to visit the region that will boost the livelihood of people. (News Vibes of India)
