PM Modi Announces Restoration of State Status for Jammu and Kashmir

PM Modi announced that Jammu and Kashmir will get back its state status. [Credit: India Today]

PM Modi Announces Restoration of State Status for Jammu and Kashmir: On Friday, April 12, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that assembly elections were to be held soon in Jammu and Kashmir, along with the restoration of statehood.

While campaigning in Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the valley will regain its state status soon. He also said that Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections are not far off.

According PM Modi "Modi thinks far ahead. So what has happened so far is just the trailer. I have to get busy in creating a new and wonderful picture of the new Jammu and Kashmir. The time is not far when Assembly Elections will be held in Jammu and Kashmir. Jammu and Kashmir will get the status of statehood. You will be able to share your dreams with your MLA and your ministers..."

This announcement comes ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, which will begin on April 19.

There will be no terrorism, strikes, stone-pelting or cross-border firing in Jammu and Kashmir during the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, PM Modi said.

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“After decades, this election is happening without the fear of terrorism, separatism, stone-pelting, strikes and cross-border terrorism, which are no more election issues. There used to be a concern regarding the security of the Vaishno Devi and Amarnath pilgrimages, but the (security) situation has changed altogether. Jammu and Kashmir is witnessing development and the people's faith in the government is getting strengthened," he said.

As well as slamming the Congress and the INDIA alliance, the Prime Minister said they do not care about the sentiments of the majority of the country and only play with them.

In the last decade, roads, electricity, water, travel, and migration have all become available in Jammu and Kashmir.

"We have tightened the noose around terrorists and corrupt people over the past 10 years. We need to take this area to new heights in the next five years. Jammu and Kashmir has completely changed in the last 10 years. Roads, electricity, water, travel, migration, all of these have changed. But the biggest change is that Jammu and Kashmir has changed its mind," he said.

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PM Modi compared Mughal aggression towards temples to those on bail visiting convicted criminals' homes, cooking mutton during Sawan, and sharing videos at the Udhampur rally.

“A person who has been sentenced by the court and who is on bail, they visit the house of such a criminal and enjoys cooking mutton in the month of Sawan and they make a video of it to tease the people of the country."

"The law does not prevent anyone from eating anything, but these people's intentions are very different. When the Mughals attacked here, they would not be satisfied until they demolished the temples, so they want to tease the country by showing the video in Sawan...," PM Modi said.

The PM said, "Trust me, I told you to trust me and I will solve the problems plaguing Jammu and Kashmir for the last 60 years. I had guaranteed respect for the mothers and sisters here. I promised that the poor would not have to worry about two meals a day. Today, lakhs of families in Jammu and Kashmir are assured of free rations for five more years."

Five Lok Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir will be contested in five phases during Lok Sabha elections 2024: Baramulla, Srinagar, Anantnag-Rajouri, Udhampur, and Jammu.

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