New Delhi, July 3: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday asserted that the fight against terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir is in its last stage, and a multi-pronged strategy has been adopted to destroy the remaining terror network.
Speaking in the Rajya Sabha, the prime minister emphasized that terror incidents have declined in the Union Territory in the last 10 years.
Terror and separatism are ending and the citizens of Jammu and Kashmir are leading this fight, he said.
“Our fight against terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir, in a way, is in the last stage. We are moving with a multi-pronged strategy to eliminate the remaining terror network there,” Modi said.
Replying to the Motion of Thanks on the President’s address, the prime minister said that during the past several decades, shutdowns, strikes, terrorist threats, and attempts to carry out bomb blasts have been kind of a dark shadow on democracy.
“This time people have decided their fate with unwavering faith in the Constitution. I especially congratulate the voters of Jammu and Kashmir,” he said.
He also noted that tourism activities were on the rise and making new records and that investment too was increasing.
Modi highlighted that the voting figures in the recent Lok Sabha elections in Jammu and Kashmir are going to break the records of the last four decades.
“They accept the Constitution of India, the democracy of India, the Election Commission of India. This is a huge success,” he said.
In August 2019, the BJP-led NDA government abrogated Section 370 of the Constitution which granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir (now bifurcated in UTs of Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir).
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Modi said Article 370 was used by the J&K parties for vote-bank politics and BJP has broken this wall forever.
“Article 370 was always used by J&K parties for vote bank politics. This Article disrespected Bhimrao Ram Ambedkar as it never allowed the Indian constitution to enter J&K. Today, the Indian constitution is flourishing in J&K,” he said.
PM Modi highlighted that the Opposition couldn’t bring in the Constitution in Jammu and Kashmir, adding that Article 370 had taken away people’s rights.
“People who now dance with the Constitution did not dare to apply it there. Security forces were stoned. People said nothing could happen. After the abrogation of Article 370, stone pelting is over. People are trusting the Constitution, flag, and democracy of India and voting in large numbers,” he said.
Modi said that the people of India have given him the mandate for stability and continuity.
“People gave us a mandate for stability, continuity; NDA scored unprecedented success in 4 state polls as well. People’s mandate for Congress is to sit where it is, in opposition,” he said.
The Prime Minister said that NDA not only won at the Centre but also in four states. “There were four state elections along with the Lok Sabha polls. The NDA got unprecedented success in all four states. Mahaprabhu Jagannath’s land Odisha has blessed us. In Andhra Pradesh, there has been an NDA clean sweep. In Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim, the NDA is back. Six months ago, we won Rajasthan, MP, and Chhattisgarh.”
PM Modi noted that India can go to any extent to protect the nation and it was the BJP government that entered into enemy territory to carry out surgical strikes and air strikes and taught the mentors of terrorism a lesson.
PM Modi said that post-2014 India was a different country. “We don’t believe in words but in action. “We entered into the enemy’s territory to carry out surgical strikes and air strikes. We taught a lesson to the enemy,” he said, as the opposition made repeated attempts to disrupt the PM’s speech.
The PM said that India under the NDA government will go to any extent to protect the nation.
He said that the BJP government has built trust among 1.40 Cr people of the country and this trust has become a driving force in the country’s Vikas (development). “This trust has transformed into Vikshit Bharat,” the PM said.
