After abrogation of Article 370 J&K truly connected to country: Anurag Thakur

Jammu, Apr 16: Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Youth and Sports, Anurag Singh Thakur today said that family based parties have stopped the development of Jammu and Kashmir whereas Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given new wings to the aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.

“There is immense enthusiasm about the elections in Jammu and Kashmir. Like the rest of the country, the lotus will bloom here too because the people of Indi Alliance divide the country in the name of caste, religion, region and language and we unite them,”he said.

Thakur was addressing a public meetings at Parade Ground and Gulabgarh Stadium in Kishtwar, and appealed the to vote in favor of BJP. He said that Kishtwar and Udhampur are getting the opportunity to vote first in the entire country and the enthusiasm of the people here shows that the lotus is sure to bloom from here.

“The development of Jammu and Kashmir was stopped by the dynastic parties whereas Modi ji has given new wings to the development of Jammu and Kashmir. Today, after the removal of Article 370, Jammu and Kashmir is actually moving forward by joining the country. Last year, more than 2. 10 crore tourists came to Jammu and Kashmir. In the coming years this figure will cross three crores,” he said. Describing Omar Abdullah’s call of Bharatiya Janata Party as an anti-Muslim party in Jammu and Kashmir as baseless, the BJp leader said that the work of these dynastic parties is only to spread lies, confusion and corruption.” I would like to tell Omar Abdullah that CAA is a law to give citizenship, not to take it. These include people who came to India before 2014 and had to face persecution on the basis of religion in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. Some people were spreading this misconception that if Modi comes, Muslims will be eliminated. Everyone saw that Modi ji has worked in the spirit of Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas. Modi ji has done the work of giving the rights of Gurjar-Bakarwal community in Jammu and Kashmir which Congress has not given for 70 years. Paddar of Kishtwar was declared a tribal area by Modi government, whose widespread benefits are being seen here,” he said.

Thakur stated that Articles 370 and 35A were the mistakes of Nehru and Congress due to which the development of the people of Jammu and Kashmir was hampered and “we lost many of our brave soldiers.” “ Modi ji has corrected their mistakes. We conducted Panchayat elections in Jammu and Kashmir.