Highlights
- Targeting Nehru over "non-integration" of Kashmir with India, he said Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the country's first home minister, should have handled the issue, instead of the then prime minister?
- "The PoK wouldn't have come into existence had Nehru not declared untimely ceasefire with Pakistan," said Amit Shah
Home Minister Amit Shah
said that the three dynastic parties in Jammu and Kashmir have been
fearing ever since the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi came
to power the second time and these parties would be wiped out
politically.
Shah who was in Mumbai on Sunday to hold meetings and oversee the campaign of the BJP in Maharashtra assembly polls devoted a large part of his speech on Jammu and Kashmir and Article 370 and said that the Congress and Nationalist Congress Party would have to answer as to why they have opposed the abrogation of Article 370.
“No one thought that Article 370 and Article 35A would be removed so simply by the Prime Minister. He has given a voice to the entire country..Congress leader Ghulab Nabi Azad asked us how would abrogation of Article 370 help the integration of Kashmir with India… I want to tell him that we never used to say Bengal is ours or Maharashtra is part of our country. We had to frequently say that about J and Kashmir because of Article 370.”said Shah.
The Home Minister slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for claiming that Article 370 is a political issue saying, “You have come today in politics, our three generations have never shied away from sacrificing on the issue and for us it is a issue of nationalism not politics.”said Shah.
Shah criticised former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru for mishandling the Kashmir issue saying, “ Iron Man Sardar Vallabhai Patel had the responsibility of amalgamating more than 300 princely states in to the country, he did it. The only state where he was not looking in was Jammu and Kashmir it was being handled with Nehru…. He mishandled it by declaring a ceasefire suddenly and going to the UN. The Pakistan Occupied Kashmir issue today is there because of him.”said the Home Minister.
Slamming the Congress he said, “40,000 people have died in Kashmir and these guys are questioning what would you achieve by removing Article 370 from Kashmir. We would soon be able to rid the state from terrorism.
Talking about the peaceful conditions in Kashmir, Shah said, “Whenever Article 370 was being discussed, the Congress would warn about bloods flowing, today there is not even one death, not one bullet fired there. Who are you (Congress) trying to scare and why. Kashmiris are peacefully going about their daily activities. There is no curfew, 97 % landlines and 67% cell phones are working, there is no curfew.”said Shah.
The Home Minister described the politics practiced by Congress and parties like the NCP as ‘shameless’ and said that they talk of dilution of atrocity rights but did not raise a voice when there was no atrocity act in Kashmir and Dalits were being discriminated against.
“ They frequently keep talking about Ambedkar but don’t bother about Dalits and OBC’s not getting their rights in Kashmir.”
The Home Minister said that the dynastic parties in Jammu and Kashmir had a vested interest in ensuring that Article 370 was not abrogated. “There was no Anti Corruption Bureau in Jammu and Kashmir, the Indian government has spent more than 2 lakh crore in the state but it has not reached the people as three political families in Kashmir ensured that it did not reach the beneficiaries.”said Shah.
The Home Minister also said that Kashmiri under age girls who were being married off before they turned 18 will also become safer after Article 370 and thousands of girls would benefit.
Shah said that the dynastic parties would be wiped out politically due to the move to abrogate Article 370.
The Home Minister said that Article 370 would be an election issue in Maharashtra and the Congress and NCP would suffer due to their opposition to the abrogation of Article 370.
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Shah who was in Mumbai on Sunday to hold meetings and oversee the campaign of the BJP in Maharashtra assembly polls devoted a large part of his speech on Jammu and Kashmir and Article 370 and said that the Congress and Nationalist Congress Party would have to answer as to why they have opposed the abrogation of Article 370.
“No one thought that Article 370 and Article 35A would be removed so simply by the Prime Minister. He has given a voice to the entire country..Congress leader Ghulab Nabi Azad asked us how would abrogation of Article 370 help the integration of Kashmir with India… I want to tell him that we never used to say Bengal is ours or Maharashtra is part of our country. We had to frequently say that about J and Kashmir because of Article 370.”said Shah.
The Home Minister slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for claiming that Article 370 is a political issue saying, “You have come today in politics, our three generations have never shied away from sacrificing on the issue and for us it is a issue of nationalism not politics.”said Shah.
Shah criticised former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru for mishandling the Kashmir issue saying, “ Iron Man Sardar Vallabhai Patel had the responsibility of amalgamating more than 300 princely states in to the country, he did it. The only state where he was not looking in was Jammu and Kashmir it was being handled with Nehru…. He mishandled it by declaring a ceasefire suddenly and going to the UN. The Pakistan Occupied Kashmir issue today is there because of him.”said the Home Minister.
Slamming the Congress he said, “40,000 people have died in Kashmir and these guys are questioning what would you achieve by removing Article 370 from Kashmir. We would soon be able to rid the state from terrorism.
Talking about the peaceful conditions in Kashmir, Shah said, “Whenever Article 370 was being discussed, the Congress would warn about bloods flowing, today there is not even one death, not one bullet fired there. Who are you (Congress) trying to scare and why. Kashmiris are peacefully going about their daily activities. There is no curfew, 97 % landlines and 67% cell phones are working, there is no curfew.”said Shah.
The Home Minister described the politics practiced by Congress and parties like the NCP as ‘shameless’ and said that they talk of dilution of atrocity rights but did not raise a voice when there was no atrocity act in Kashmir and Dalits were being discriminated against.
“ They frequently keep talking about Ambedkar but don’t bother about Dalits and OBC’s not getting their rights in Kashmir.”
The Home Minister said that the dynastic parties in Jammu and Kashmir had a vested interest in ensuring that Article 370 was not abrogated. “There was no Anti Corruption Bureau in Jammu and Kashmir, the Indian government has spent more than 2 lakh crore in the state but it has not reached the people as three political families in Kashmir ensured that it did not reach the beneficiaries.”said Shah.
The Home Minister also said that Kashmiri under age girls who were being married off before they turned 18 will also become safer after Article 370 and thousands of girls would benefit.
Shah said that the dynastic parties would be wiped out politically due to the move to abrogate Article 370.
The Home Minister said that Article 370 would be an election issue in Maharashtra and the Congress and NCP would suffer due to their opposition to the abrogation of Article 370.
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