Team News Riveting
Srinagar, September 16
Union Home Minister Amit Shah Monday said that as long as Prime Minister Narendra Modi government was at the Centre, no power could revive terrorism in Jammu region as did in the 1990’s.
He said the BJP led government would bury terrorism to ensure it did not erupt again. “Anti-national and anti-peace elements are trying to bring back the 90’s like atmosphere in the Jammu region. Let me assure you that we will push the terrorism several feet below the ground so that it doesn’t erupt again,” Shah said while addressing a massive rally in Paddar-Nagseni Assembly constituency in Kishtwar area on Monday.
Launching a scathing attack at National Conference (NC) chief Dr Farooq Abdullah, Shah asked where he was when “bloodbath was at its peak in Kishtwar.” “He should be asked when he comes here. But I know where he was then. He was enjoying on London beaches,” the Union Home Minister said.
He said the NC-Congress alliance has always set a base for terrorism and separatism in J&K ever since they joined hands. “These parties pushed Maharaja Hari Singh from J&K. Later, only his mortal remains returned to J&K,” Shah said. “These parties are responsible for the mass exodus of Kashmiri Pandits in 1990.”
The Union Minister added that Village Defence Guards (VDGs) and Special Police Officers (SPOs) have been laced with the latest weapons and powers. “This is being done to ensure infiltrators who come here to disrupt peace are buried in the mountains only and not allowed to enter the hinterland,” Shah said.
He said nobody would be allowed to use Indian soil for terrorism. About Article 370, Shah said there was no place for Article 370 in the Indian constitution. This Article has become an old chapter of India’s history, he added.
He asked whether people want to bring back NC-Congress, the BJP workers shouted “No.” “I want to ask the NC-Congress how you can bring back Article 370. Let me clarify that neither terrorism nor Article 370 won’t return,” he said.
