LS POLLS|Won’t allow Muftis, Abdullahs to divide India: PM

Terming the National Conference, Peoples Democratic Party and Congress as a ‘mahamilavat’ (adulterated) alliance, Prime Minister NarendraModi Sunday asked the people of Jammu and Kashmir to “end the decades-old dynastic rule of these political parties” in the state.

Addressing an election rally here in support ofBharatiyaJanata Party candidate for the Doda-Udhampur-KishtwarLokSabhaparliamentary constituency, DrJitendra Singh, Modi said: “The PDP, NC andCongress ‘mahamilwat’ has got exposed in the state. The agenda for which theywould undercover earlier is no more hidden”.

   

“Some of them are threatening of having two Prime Ministersin the country while few others are speaking the language of anti-nationals.But I want to make it clear to them that Jammu and Kashmir is an integral partof India and their ‘vanshwaad’ (dynasty rule) will never survive for long,”Modi said.

“Earlier”, he said, “Pakistan also used to give us nuclearthreats, but their balloon of threats has ultimately got punctured”.

Paying tributes to Dr BR Ambedkar on his birth anniversary,Modi blamed Abdullahs, Muftis and Congress for “all problems” in Jammu andKashmir and asserted that “Ambedkar had once said at a rally in Punjab that’vanshwaad’ weakens the nation”.

“The Abdullah family and the Mufti family destroyed threegenerations of J&K. These families have sucked the blood of people forlong. For better future of the state, we have to keep these two clans away frompower,” he said, and added: “I want to challenge them. Let them field all theirrelatives in the polls and abuse me as much as they can, but I will not allowthem succeed in their nefarious design of dividing India”.

Modi said the “chowkidar (gatekeeper) of India is committed”in this regard.

Modi said the people of J&K cannot be kept hostage orbounded labourers to some “handful of people”.

The PM was referring to NC leader Omar Abdullah’s demand fora separate Prime Minister for Jammu and Kashmir and Mehbooba Mufti’s remarkthat abrogation of Article 370 can make “J&K free from India”.

“The Abdullah and Mufti families have ruined threegenerations in the state. They laid siege to the state for three generations.The bright future of Jammu and Kashmir can be ensured only after theirdeparture”.

Modi said that people in Jammu and Kashmir voted in largenumbers in the first phase of polls and “rattled” militant leaders,opportunists and demoralised the “mahamilavat” alliance.

“You have proven the strength of democracy in India, in thefirst phase of elections,” he said.

Lashing out at the Congress, the Prime Minister said:”Congress had been infected with germs. The grand old party’s manifestopromised that AFSPA will be removed from the state if they come to power todemoralise the security forces”.

“Can a patriot speak like this? Shouldn’t our securityforces have a safety net,” he asked people at the rally.

“Days have gone when threats used to cow down the governmentof India. This is new India, which will enter (into Pakistan) to killterrorists and expose their supporters too. You are not choosing just a MP, butit is your veto on new strategy and new policy of this nation,” the PM said.

Modi further said they (NC and PDP) “are also threatening uswith ‘do pradhan’ (two PMs, one each in J&K and India). I want to make themclear once for all. They have not got Jammu and Kashmir as inheritance inwriting. J&K is integral part of India”.

Modi said that every child in Jammu and Kashmir, Leh andLadakh is Indian.

“The citizens of this state cannot be kept hostage orbounded labourers to some handful of people. It is on this soil Shyama PrasadMukherjee unfurled the tricolour and had then rejected the ideology of ‘twoconstitutions, two PMs and two flags’ and his ideals are a ‘sacred paper’ toBJP. Nobody can erase it”, the PM said.

Modi said that this Chowkidaar is committed to it and willstand firm on it.

“Modi will stand like a wall before the dynastic families ofJ&K supported by Congress. They are like occupants of this land for thepast three generations. But Modi neither fears nor can be threaten by any one”,he said.

Referring to doubts raised by the Congress on the 2016surgical strikes and IAF strikes in Balakot, he charged that Congress has nevertrusted the Indian armed forces.

“For the Congress, the Army is only a way of earning money,”Modi alleged.

Referring to the killing of two BJP leaders and one RSSactivist in Kishtwar in the past few months, the Prime Minister said: “I salutethe sacrifices of Parihar brothers and Chanderkant Sharma. The nation willremember them as true soldiers who fought against militancy in Jammu andKashmir”.

Modi also said the country is “suffering because of themisdeeds of the Congress party in its six decades long rule”.

“How shameful it is that the Congress party is now seekingvotes over assurances of removing the army from J&K by revoking the ArmedForces Special Powers Act (AFSPA). They (Congress) also want unconditionaltalks with the people who took money from Pakistan to destabilise Kashmir,”Modi said, and added: “Kashmir is an integral part of the country for whichShyama Prasad Mukherjee and PremNathDogra laid down their lives. No power onearth can snatch it for us”.

Further blaming Congress for “demoralising armed forces”, hesaid: “Congress never trusted the caliber of armed forces. They always fearedthat if they (forces) are given a free hand, they might face the 1962(India-China war) like embarrassment. But they don’t know that this is ‘NewIndia’, which is capable of killing the enemy inside their homes”.

Modi also targeted the Congress for migration of KashmiriPandits from the Valley and said his government was committed to “settle thedisplaced community in their native places”. “Work has started in this direction,” he said.

“The Congress was so concerned about their vote bank, thatthey pretended not to see atrocities against my Kashmiri Pandit brothers andsisters,” he added.

He also referred to the 1984 Sikh riots and said theCongress was betraying the people by promising “nyay”.

“We are also making efforts to form a law to providecitizenship to families that have come here helplessly from Pakistan andbelieved in Maa Bharti (mother India),” he said, adding: “We will try to settlerefugees and also consider their citizenship rights”.

Modi also accused the Congress of politicising theJallianwalaBagh Centenary.

“The Vice President was in JallianwalaBagh for thegovernment event. He paid tribute to martyrs but Congress CM was not there”, hesaid, charging that nationalism was an insult for the opposition.

The Punjab chief minister, he said, insulted theJallianwalaBagh memorial by not attending the government’s memorial on the dayof the centenary.

Modi said he can understand the kind of pressure onAmarinder Singh.

“There is a difference between ‘rashtra bhakti’ (patriotism)and ‘pariwar bhakti’ (loyalty to family). I have known captainAmaridner Singhfor a long time. I have never raised a question on his patriotism. I canunderstand the kind of pressure which must have been put on him for this kindof  ‘Parivar bhakti’”, Modi said.

Referring to Punjab chief minister’s absence at thecommemoration ceremony organised by the Union Ministry of Culture, he said,”It is necessary to expose these people. Yesterday when the whole countrywas paying tributes to those killed in the JallianwalaBagh massacre, Congresswas busy in playing politics,” he said.

“The vice president went to JallianwalaBagh to participatein a government function to pay tributes to the martyrs but the Congress chiefminister was missing. He boycotted the function because he was busy withCongress ‘pariwar bhakti’,” the prime minister alleged.

Lauding the valour of security forces, he said the questionis why the Congress is “fearful and frustrated” when it hears aboutsurgical and air strikes in Pakistan.

“The countrymen feel proud after hearing such things. Themorale of our forces also goes up, but the Congress is busy in politicking,” hesaid.

Modi, who started his speech in Dogri, said the heavyturnout of voters in the first phase of elections on April 11 in Jammu andBaramulla constituencies is a setback to militants, their mentors and thoseparties championing their cause.

“I visited the entire country after starting rallies lastmonth and witnessed an intense wave in favour of the BJP. Surveys by variousagencies also make it clear that the BJP will get three times higher seats thanthe Congress in this poll and it is not possible for the Congress to saveitself,” he said.

“The Congress stopped the armed forces from taking toughmeasures against militants. They were apprehensive that if they give a go-aheadand a situation like 1962 emerges, the Congress’s boat will sink.”

He claimed the Congress never understood the strength andcapability of the Army. “We used the force for national security but for theCongress, the Army is just an instrument for minting money,” he alleged.

He alleged the party got “malai” (kickbacks) fordefence deals and it was least concerned about the forces.

He claimed that even today the Congress is raising questionson surgical and air strikes to shield its failure to act and to save their votebank.

He said that on May 23, the poll results will be declaredand it will be ‘phirekbaarModisarkaar (Modi government again)”.

According to opinion polls and surveys, the BJP will getthrice the seats that Congress will win, Modi said.

Highlighting the achievements his government, Modi said:”Your one vote led to reservation for border residents, 10 percent reservationfor poor people, benefits for farmers, LPG, power connections, Rs five lakhfree health insurance for needy, opening of ShahpurKandi dam, and establishmentof AIIMS, GMC and engineering colleges”.

He appealed to voters to vote on April 18 in favour of theBJP candidate DrJitendra Singh “for development and progress” of the state.

“Your one vote will also give sleepless nights to peopleacross the border and it will further strengthen the ‘chowkidar’,” Modi said.

Modi said he is committed to resettle Kashmiri Pandits inthe valley and to provide citizenship rights to PaK and West Pakistani refugeeswho settled in Jammu and Kashmir after migrating from across the border decadesago.

He blamed the Congress for the exodus of Kashmiri Panditsfrom the valley and said it would never be able to provide justice to thecommunity and the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

“It is due to Congress’s policies that my Kashmiri Panditbrothers and sisters had to leave their homes. The party and its allieswitnessed the atrocities committed against Pandits but they paid no heed,” thePM said.

Modi said that even today, the Congress is reluctant tospeak on the issue of Pandits but “this chowkidar is promise-bound to resettlethem on their land. This process has already been started”.

Similarly, Modi said, his government has started the processof providing citizenship rights to refugees from Pakistan-administered Kashmir(PaK) and Pakistan who were compelled by circumstances to come herepost-Independence.

“We are making continuous efforts to provide themcitizenship. On May 23, when election results are announced and once again theModi government comes to power, efforts will be restarted to pass thecitizenship Act,” the PM said.

Accusing the Congress of injustice against people of thecountry over 60 years, he asked whether the party would be able to give justiceto the Kashmiri Pandits and the victims of 1984 Sikh riots.

“It is the party which is parroting (demand for) justice,but it is only to deceive the people,” he said alleging that “generation aftergeneration, it deceived the people in the name of justice to achieve itspolitical interests”.

Seeking votes for the party, Modi said the chowkidar wasmaking sincere efforts for the people’s security and prosperity, while maintaininghonour and dignity.

The PM said the votes in favour of the BJP also ensureddirect transfer of Rs 75 crore to the accounts of 12 crore farmer familiesannually and poor families got medical insurance of Rs five lakh, besidesresumption of the stalled work on ShahpurKandi dam project.

The construction of roads, underground bunkers for borderresidents, tunnels and bridges, AIIMS, IIT and IIM also gained momentum in thestate, he said.

“You vote on April 18 will increase the pace of developmentworks, cause sleepless nights for some people across the border and will alsostrengthen Modi,” he said. He said it was not just an election for members ofParliament, but the people would also approve a ‘Naya Bharat’ and ‘NayiNeeti'(new policies).

Modi also asked them to pledge to perform the duties ofchowkidar against corruption and black money.

He sought their support for taking tough action againstanti-national elements, for a final assault on terrorism, to defeat familyrule, push infiltrators out of the country, for action against deserters wholooted the country and to demolish the wall of hatred.

The PM also greeted people on the occasion of Baisakhi.

 (with PTI inputs)

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