Home Minister Amit Shah Saturday assured people about the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood after the assembly election, which he said is the first under the national flag and the Constitution following the abrogation of Article 370 by the Narendra Modi government.
Shah was in Jammu on a two-day visit to boost the BJP’s election campaign for the three-phase assembly polls, beginning September 18.
He released the party’s manifesto on his first day of visit on Friday and also chaired two crucial meetings with senior leaders to discuss the campaign strategy.
“The upcoming elections in Jammu and Kashmir are historic because, after Independence, the polls are happening for the first time under our national flag and Constitution, unlike the past practice of two flags and two constitutions.
“From Kashmir to Kanyakumari we have only one prime minister and he is Modi”, Shah told a BJP workers’ rally here on Saturday before leaving for Delhi.
Taking a dig at the National Conference-Congress alliance, he alleged they are trying to push Jammu and Kashmir into the fire of corruption and terrorism once again while the BJP-led government has brought down terror incidents in the Union territory by 70 per cent.
“The National Conference and the Congress will never be able to form a government in J-K, be confident about it”, Shah told BJP workers, encouraging them to ensure the success of the party candidates to form the next government.
Shah started his over half-an-hour speech by paying tributes to Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee, Pandit Prem Nath Dogra and Baba Daleep Singh Manhas and extended greetings to the nation on Ganesh Chaturthi and the Jain community on Paryushana Parva.
