Hitting out at Congress chief Rahul Gandhi for his “silence” on ally Omar Abdullah’s pitch for a separate prime minister for Jammu and Kashmir, BJP president Amit Shah Friday asserted no one can make India part with the state as long as the BJP exists.
Shah also alleged that the Congress and other oppositionparties are unhappy with the success of the Indian Air Force’s strike atBalakot in Pakistan.
“Omar Abdullah has suggested appointing a separateprime minister for Kashmir. Is it possible to have two PMs in a country? Canthere be a second PM in Kashmir?
“Rahul Baba (Gandhi) is silent on his poll allyAbdullah’s suggestion (separate PM for Kashmir)…He has not uttered aword,” Shah told an election rally here.
Asserting that Kashmir is an inseparable and inalienablepart of India, the BJP chief said, “No one can take away Kashmir from us.As long as the BJP exists, Kashmir will continue to be an integral part ofIndia.”
Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullahrecently advocated a separate prime minister for his state, triggering angryreactions from BJP leaders.
Shah said barely 13 days after 40 CRPF personnel were killedin Kashmir’s Pulwama, “air strikes were carried out targeting a terrorist haveninside Pakistan and the whole nation rejoiced.”
“But Rahul Baba did not like it. There was mourning inGandhi’s party and his alliance,” he alleged.
Lashing out at Gandhi family’s close aide Sam Pitroda, who advocated “talks with terrorists”, the BJP president asked, “Tell me whether we should hold a dialogue with terrorists or bomb them?” “If we get bullets from Pakistan, we will retaliate with more lethal ammunition,” he declared. Maintaining that a Modi wave is sweeping across the country once again, he claimed “From Kashmir to Kanyakumari and from Odisha to Gujarat we hear the chants of ‘Modi, Modi’ everywhere.” Shah claimed it is the BJP alone that can safeguard people’s interests.