Nationwide Convention chief Farooq Abdullah on Thursday countered Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Naya Kashmir’ remark and mentioned, if Article 370 of the Structure was that dangerous, then how did the Union Territory make progress earlier.
“If Article 370 was this dangerous, how did Jammu and Kashmir ever make progress,” the previous Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir questioned.
PM Modi, on his first visit to Srinagar yesterday because the scrapping of Article 370, had referred to as it a “new Jammu and Kashmir” that was the results of the scrapping of the erstwhile state’s particular standing. The Prime Minister additionally mentioned that Article 370 had solely helped propagate dynastic rule within the erstwhile state.
“For many years, for political beneficial properties, Congress and its allies misled the individuals of Jammu and Kashmir within the title of 370 and misled the nation. Did Jammu and Kashmir profit from Article 370 or have been only some political households making the most of it? The individuals of Jammu and Kashmir have come to know the reality that they have been misled. Jammu and Kashmir was saved in chains for the good thing about just a few households. Right this moment there isn’t a Article 370, therefore the expertise of the youth of J&Ok is being absolutely revered, and they’re getting new alternatives. Right this moment, there are equal rights and equal alternatives for everybody right here,” PM Modi had mentioned.
Noting that Jammu and Kashmir is touching new heights of improvement and is respiration freely at this time, PM mentioned that freedom got here after the abrogation of Article 370 which was being utilized by some political households for his or her profit.
Shortly after, Farooq Abdullah hit again and mentioned, “If 370 was this dangerous, I would love the PM to rehear the speech made in Rajya Sabha by the then LoP, Ghulam Nabi Azad, wherein he in contrast Gujarat and Jammu and Kashmir. He proved with figures the progress this state (J&Ok) has made, as in comparison with Gujarat. Now, if 370 was actually accountable and the household was accountable, then how did we make that progress?… I misplaced the election as chief minister as a result of individuals rejected me. So the place is the dynastic rule?… There was no dynastic rule in India since independence…”
“Progress is a steady recreation. So, India has progressed in some ways, however the base was laid by the Prime Minister who was there earlier than. Each Prime Minister did what was greatest for the nation,” Farooq Abdullah added.
The Jammu and Kashmir Nationwide Convention additionally identified that when Article 370 was there, schooling from the extent of major faculties to universities was free.
This was the Prime Minister’s first go to to Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 by his authorities in 2019.
He unveiled a number of improvement initiatives value greater than Rs 6,400 crore, throughout the ‘Viksit Bharat Viksit Jammu Kashmir’ programme at Srinagar’s Bakshi Stadium.
(Inputs from ANI)
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