J-K Polls: ‘No stone pelter will be released’, BJP needed to teach Pak ‘a lesson’; Amit Shah at Jammu rally

Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections 2024: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday declared that no stone-pelter or terrorist will likely be released from detention center in Jammu and Kashmir and asserted that the BJP should come to power within the erstwhile state to make sure peace and “teach Pakistan a lesson”.

“They (NC-Congress alliance) unlock stone-pelters and terrorists (as promised in their manifesto). Farooq Abdullah is talking a couple of revival of terrorism in Jammu hills but I tell them that which is the Modi government and we're ready to bury terrorism in ‘patal’ (deep within earth). No terrorist or stone-pelter will likely be released,” Shah said while addressing a poll rally in border town Nowshera in Rajouri district in Jammu region.

No talks with Pakistan till…

Amit Shah also reiterated that there will likely be no talks with Pakistan until terrorism is eliminated from the previous state.

“I tell Farooq Abdullah and Rahul Gandhi that there will likely be no dialogue with Pakistan till terrorism is wiped out. I would chat with my lions (formative years of J-K) and never with Pakistan,” he said.

Regarding underground bunkers constructed over the years by the govt. for the safety of border residents, he said there will likely be no need for such structures as “no person has the heart to open fire” from across the border.

“Agar wo galti se bhi goli chalayenge to hum yahan se gola chalayenge (In the event that they fire a bullet even by mistake, we're ready to reply with a shell,” he said.

Shah also launched a scathing attack on the Gandhis and Abdullahs, claiming they've joined hands to accomplish reservation but they are going to not be allowed to be triumphant in this.

“After the counting of votes on October Eight, your so-typically often called ‘Mohabbat Ki Dukan’ goes to be closed,” Shah said, taking a jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s slogan of ‘Nafrat Ke Bazaar Mein, Mohabbat Ki Dukan’ which he often used in the midst of his Bharat Jodo Yatra.

‘BJP will unlock white paper on J-K terrorism’

After forming a government in Jammu and Kashmir, the BJP will issue a white paper to expose the role of the three families who had ‘biryani’ with terrorists, he told the rally in make stronger of J-K BJP president Ravinder Raina beforehand of the 2d phase of elections on September 25.

“After elections when our government is formed, we're ready to bring a white paper on terrorism and can fully expose the three families — Congress, Abdullahs and Muftis. We are ready to see who brought terrorism to the Valley and under whose direction, who enjoyed ‘biryani’ with terrorists. We are ready to expose everything,” the house minister said.

Shah said he would love to chat over with the youths of Jammu and Kashmir whom he typically often called “lions”.

“The BJP government is a should in J&K for peace, prosperity and development along with giving a befitting reply to terrorism and teaching a lesson to Pakistan,” Shah said, urging them to vote for BJP candidates, especially Raina whom he praised for strengthening the party within the region.

This became Amit Shah’s sixth rally within the Jammu region within the past two days after reaching the town of temples on a 3-day check with Friday evening. He held 5 rallies — Mendhar, Surankote, Thanamandi, Rajouri and Akhnoor — on Saturday.

Shah, who started his speech by paying tributes to Guru Nanak on his death anniversary, said the NC and Congress are batting for talks with Pakistan and resumption of cross-border trade along the Line of Keep an eye on.

‘Congress, NC end reservation’

He also slammed the NC-Congress leaders’ remarks on reservation, and said no person will likely be allowed to the touch reservation given to the deprived sections, including Paharis, Gujjars, Dalits, other backward classes.

“Rahul Gandhi is saying in The u.s.a. that there will likely be now no need for reservation. I tell him that which that you just may not be allowed to accomplish reservation for the deserving communities,” he said.

“Gandhi and Abdullah families have come together to revoke reservation, revive terrorism and are talking about terrorism from ‘Mohabbat Ki Dukan’. After counting of votes on October Eight, your so-typically often called ‘Mohabbat Ki Dukan’ goes to be closed.

“I ask Abdullah who's in charge for 30 years of terrorism, death of forty,000 people, civil curfew for over three,000 days… you were enjoying your holidays in London while Kashmir became burning,” the house minister said, adding the Modi government came to power and “cleared terrorists”.

‘No one can bring back Art 370’

Asking people whether the 2019 revocation of Article 370 became good or bad, Shah said Abdullah is talking about its restoration “but no person can bring it back”.

He said the tricolour is flying proudly in J-K and so they restore the state flag of NC founder Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah. “Abdullah do whatever is to your power! But except our beloved tricolour, no other flag will fly in Kashmir.”

The home minister claimed the NC desires to rename ‘Shankaracharya as Takht-e-Suleiman and Hari Parbat as Koh-e-Maran’.

No one has the pliability to make such changes and the 2 hills in Srinagar will likely be known by their names till eternity, he said.

Regarding the first phase of elections on September 18, he said the NC-Congress coalition just is de facto not going to form the govt. as they were cleaned up within the polling.

“They're going to face the same fate within the following round of elections on September 25,” he said.

Shah referred to railway, road, power and health sector projects and said the Modi government will further speed up developmental works and make sure tourism promotion also within the Jammu region which became “passed over” by governments over the years.

(With inputs from agencies)