Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said terrorism is taking its last breath in Jammu and Kashmir where his government projected a new leadership to counter dynastic politics which has “destroyed this beautiful region”.
Addressing an election rally in the Doda district of Jammu region in support of BJP candidates, PM Modi said, “We and you together will make Jammu and Kashmir a secure and prosperous part of the country.” This was the first election rally by the prime minister ahead of the first phase of Assembly polls scheduled on September 18.
Tight security arrangements were put in place for PM Modi’s visit, which was the first in Doda in the last 42 years by any Prime Minister. Addressing the gathering, he took on the Congress, PDP, and National Conference for their rule over several years and also drew a changing picture of Jammu and Kashmir in the last 10 years.
PM Modi warned “The parties you put your faith in did not care about you. The youths of J-K got crushed by terrorism. And those parties kept enjoying by misleading you. They did not let the new leadership emerge in Jammu and Kashmir.”
He deplored that after Independence, Jammu and Kashmir became the target of foreign powers and dynastic politics made this beautiful region hollow from within. He alleged that the political dynasties projected their children and did not let new leadership grow.
“The election is between the youths of J-K and three families. On one side are three families and the other side are the youths of J-K. One family is of Congress, other is of NC and the other is of PDP. What these three families have done to you is not lesser than any sin. These three families prepared the necessary ground for separatism and terrorism here. Who benefited from it? The enemies of the nation. They were harbouring terrorism so that their shops of millions continue to prosper,” he said.