‘Only Centre Has The Power…’: Amit Shah Promises To Restore J-K’s Statehood After Polls, Asserts ‘Jammu Will Decide’ Next Govt

Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections 2024: Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday dismissed the opposition’s are trying to revive the autonomy plank within the course of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls and asked the NC-Congress alliance to forestall fooling people by promising statehood as best the Centre can restore the status.

Shah assured people in regards to the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood after the assembly election, which he said is the first less than the national flag and the Constitution following the abrogation of Article 370 by the Narendra Modi government.

At a BJP workers’ rally at Ploura within the Jammu North assembly segment, told them that “Jammu would come to a decision the formation of government” and the National Conference-Congress alliance would “never have the flexibleness to form a government”.

Accusing the Congress-National Conference alliance of attempting to revive the “old system” and pushing Jammu and Kashmir into the fireplace of terrorism and corruption again, Shah said, “The time when some other person used to be deciding whose government will likely be formed (in J&K) has long gone. Now Jammu will come to a decision the formation of government.”

The NC and Congress, but it surely, claimed the BJP used to be attempting to sow confusion and fear one of many many electorate as it used to be in a state of panic because both parties announced a seat-sharing arrangement and asserted that the 10-year BJP rule within the US of the US used to be a “disappointment”.

Shah used to be in Jammu on a two-day talk over with to boost the BJP’s election campaign for the assembly polls, vote casting for which is scheduled on September 18, 25 and October 1. The counting of votes will likely be held on October 8.

He released the party’s manifesto on his first day of talk over with on Friday and likewise chaired meetings with senior leaders to chat in regards to the campaign strategy.

“The upcoming elections in Jammu and Kashmir are historic because, after Independence, the polls are going on for the first time less than our national flag and Constitution, unlike the past practice of two flags and two constitutions. From Kashmir to Kanyakumari, we have now best one prime minister and he's Modi,” Shah told the rally sooner than leaving for Delhi.

“(PM) Modi restored your honour by ending discrimination and injustice faced by you… Make certain (the formation of) a government in order to work for you so that you just do now no longer should head to Srinagar with a begging bowl. That's miles that you might need to well be imagine by strengthening Modi’s hand,” he said.

Shah started his over 1/2-an-hour speech at the BJP workers’ rally 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.

He introduced the BJP’s candidates from eleven seats of Jammu districts which are going to polls within the last phase and said, “We've to now no longer best defeat their opponents but additionally make certain that that they lose their security deposits.”

“This election is being held outside the shadow of Article 370. We've seen a miracle within the Lok Sabha elections when fifty eight.Forty six per cent of voters exercised their franchise unlike within the past when 10 per cent vote casting used to be being celebrated by the previous governments in Delhi.

“That's the biggest success of democracy,” he said, reiterating that there'll be no talks with Pakistan till terrorism ends and peace is restored.

On the opposition’s poll promise of statehood restoration, Shah said, “I might need to ask Farooq Abdullah and Rahul Gandhi, who's going to revive the statehood. One cannot give it back. Why are you misleading the public?”

“That's miles the central government and BJP and I've got already said within Parliament that we can restore statehood at some of essentially the most effective time after assembly elections. They ought to listen to my speech on August 5 and 6 (in 2019).”

He also criticised the NC for its promise of releasing “stone-pelters and terrorists” from jails and alleged that their aim is to revive terrorism within the peaceful Poonch, Rajouri and Doda districts of Jammu.

Kashmir has borne the brunt of terrorism because there have been governments that used to shut their eyes and the people at the helm used to flee.

“If NC-Congress returns to power, accept as true with that as a revival of terrorism. Jammu and Kashmir, specifically Jammu has to make a choice whether or not they need terrorism or peace and development… Nobody dares to infiltrate when there's the BJP.

“When the Modi government took over (in 2014), it spelt destruction for those funding terrorism by sending them to jails. They're talking about starting suspended LoC trade, the dividends of which go to terrorism,” he said.

The BJP-led government has brought down terror incidents within the Union territory by 70 per cent, the home minister claimed.

The NDA government would now no longer allow the revival of terrorism, “autonomy” and injustice with any community, including Gujjars, Pahari, Bakerwals and Dalits who have been granted reservation by the BJP dispensation, he said.

Regarding the NC’s promise of implementation of the autonomy resolution, Shah said no power can point out autonomy as more than 40,000 people have lost their lives to terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir.

In 2000, the National Conference government less than Farooq Abdullah passed a resolution within the Assembly seeking to revive the pre-1953 constitutional position within the state. It used to be, but it surely, rejected by the Union Cabinet headed by then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

“I am reading the writing on the wall that NC and Congress will never form a government. They're the opposite folks that forced Maharaja Hari Singh to exile and best his ashes could be brought back after his death,” Shah said.

Shah said it used to be the BJP that fulfilled the aspirations and long-pending demands of the people of the Jammu region and mentioned the announcement of a vacation on the birth anniversary of the last Dogra ruler Maharaja Hari Singh to bolster his claim.

“Should other folks that insulted the maharaja and forced him into exile win?” he posed while alleging that the NC-Congress alliance has a “divisive” agenda.

“Do you accept as true with changing the name of Shankaracharya Hill (in Srinagar) to ‘Takht-e-Suleiman’? That's on their agenda,” he asked the gathering.

Continuing his tirade against the NC, Congress and the PDP, he accused the three of indulging in “mass corruption”.

The corruption by these families is the same as that within your entire united states of the US, the Union home minister alleged. “Had the money taken by them been utilised for development of the region, no work would have been left incomplete in Jammu and Kashmir.”

“I might need to remind the childhood of Kashmir that you just gave power to them but Abdullah and his family fled to England within the face of terrorism while the childhood fell to terrorism which we worn out. Vote anyone you wish but do now no longer make them win as their agenda will bring back terrorism and prevent development,” he added.

Recounting the Modi government’s works, Shah said it has spent over Rs 32,000 crore for the event of the Jammu region alone within the past 10 years.

He also referred to the annual Amarnath Yatra and said over 5.12 lakh pilgrims from across the US of the US offered their prayers at the shrine this year without any fear while crediting the Modi dispensation for it.

The Congress’ Jammu and Kashmir unit chief Raman Bhalla slammed BJP for enthusiastic in regards to the NC-Congress alliance and said, “The BJP is visibly shaken and resorting to smear tactics against the INDIA bloc, sensing a resounding defeat by the hands of the people.”

“Rather than engaging in meaningful debate on their dismal governance record, they're trying to sow confusion and fear one of many many electorate. But let me will let you know this – their tactics won’t work,” he said.

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