Union Home Minister Amit Shah addresses a public rally in Kashmir’s Baramulla on 5 October 2022.
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday ruled out talks with Pakistan and said that elections will soon take place in Jammu and Kashmir while addressing a public rally in Baramulla.
This was the final day of Shah’s 3-day visit to the union territory.
Taking a dig National Conference and PDP which were in power in the erstwhile state of J&K, Shah said “those who ruled J&K for 70 years advised me to talk to Pakistan.”
‘Those who ruled J&K wanted me to talk to Pakistan’
“But I refused and said I will talk to the people of Kashmir,” he added.
Referring to the alliance formed by J&K parties, Shah said “Gupkar model laid out the red carpet for Pakistani terrorists while Modi model paved the way for development.”
“For the last 70 years, Mufti & company, Abdullah& sons were in power here but didn’t provide housing for the 1 lakh homeless people. Modi ji gave homes to these 1 lakh people between 2014-2022,” the home minister said.
Polls in J&K soon
On holding assembly polls, Shah said a political process has started in this regard.I want to assure you that once the work of publishing electoral rolls by the Election Commission is completed, elections will be conducted with full transparency and your own elected representatives will govern here, he said.
Apart from this, Shah also met the family of a police constable who was killed while fighting JeM terrorists. Late SPO Mudassir was part of a team who intercepted terrorists heading to target Amarnath Yatra, ANI reported.
He also visited a gurudwara in Srinagar.
Shah promises reservation for Gujjars, Bakarwals, Paharis
On Tuesday, Shah hailed the development of Jammu and Kashmir under the PM Narendra Modi-led BJP government while addressing a public rally in J&K’s Rajouri.
Shah also said that the abrogation of Article 370 benefitted the union territory in several ways and paved the way for reforms.
Notably, Shah announced that the Pahari community, besides Gujjars and Bakarwals, will soon be given reservations in the education sector and government jobs under the Scheduled Tribe (ST) category.
With inputs from agencies
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