‘Till there is single BJP MP, Art 370 can’t come back’
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 3: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said that the BJP is yet to take a decision on three Kashmir seats even as he declared that whole world has now understood that country’s borders and the Indian Army are not to be messed with as otherwise, there will be a response.
In an interview to News18 Network, Shah while responding to a question on Kashmir said, the party hasn’t decided yet.
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It may be mentioned here that the BJP is yet to announce its support to political parties on three seats of Kashmir including Srinagar, Baramulla and Anantnag-Rajouri.
The Home Minister said after surgical and air strikes, entire world has understood that Indian Army and its borders can’t be messed with as otherwise, there will be a response.
India had conducted surgical strikes in Pakistan after Uri terror attack and air strikes at Balakote, Pakistan after Pulwama attack in Kashmir.
“Terrorism and Naxalism were two major scourges in the country for decades. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has got almost 100 percent freedom from terrorism in 10 years while Naxalism has been eliminated by around 95 percent,” Shah said.
He said the BJP used majority to abrogate Article 370, end triple talaq, bring Uniform Civil Code (UCC), change laws of the British and bring peace in Kashmir.
“We were in majority for 10 years. We never tried to end reservation. Rahul Gandhi has a rule-lie-lie loudly and lie repeatedly. He is following that rule,” he added.
Shah said he wants to tell people of the country that as long as there is even a single Member Parliament of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Parliament, Article 370 cannot come back and CAA can’t be abolished.
“Now Article 370 has become history and CAA has become a reality. Neither the Opposition will come to power nor will Article 370 come back. They also know this but they want to book minority votes by doing minority appeasement. This is the only reason they are spreading lies,” the Home Minister said.
PTI adds: Addressing a massive rally at Belagavi in Karnataka, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said “anti-national elements” belonging to the Social Democratic Party of India were involved in the bomb blast in Bengaluru and claimed Congress came to power in Karnataka with SDPI support. Targeting the Siddaramaiah-led government, he urged it to hand over the probe in the Hubballi student Neha Hiremath murder case to the CBI if the State was unable to investigate properly.
“Modi ended terrorism from the country. Modi banned PFI. This Congress Government in Karnataka has come to power with the support of SDPI. Look at the consequence, after they came to power, there was a bomb blast in Bengaluru,” Shah said, referring to the Rameshwaram cafe blast on March 1.
He said: “They (Congress govt) first said it was a cylinder blast, it was not a cylinder blast, it was a bomb blast by the anti-national elements of SDPI. When the probe was handed over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), it was known about the involvement of such elements.”
Referring to the murder of Neha Hiremath on her college campus last month, Shah said some in the Government said that the killing was due to personal issues.
“What a personal issue? A girl, who did not want to undergo religious conversion was murdered. I met her mother day-before-yesterday in Hubballi. She told me that her daughter was under pressure to undergo religious conversion. I want to warn the Congress party, if you are unable to investigate the case properly, give it to the CBI. BJP will ensure that those who did injustice to Neha Hiremath are punished,” he added.
Congress cannot keep the country united and secure, Shah said, and listed out the achievements of Modi rule in the last 10 years.
Shah also gave Modi the credit for resolving Ram Mandir issue and consecration of Ram Lalla idol at the temple in Ayodhya and also praised him for the development of Kashi Vishwanath corridor and Kedar and Badri dham, among other religious places of worship.
He also hit out at AICC President Mallikarjkun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi for not attending the consecration ceremony at Ayodhya despite being invited, and alleged that they skipped the event “fearing their vote bank”.
“Does Kashmir belong to us or not,” Shah asked the gathering and accused Kharge of asking what people of Karnataka and Rajasthan have to do with Kashmir. “Kharge saab, you have crossed 80-years, but you have not understood the people of Chikkodi, every child here is ready to sacrifice their lives for Kashmir.”
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