Kashmir integral part of India, can’t be separated: Shah

Rahul must clarify stand on separate PM for J&K demand

19/04/2019

RAIGARH, Apr 18: BJP president Amit Shah Thursday said Kashmir is an integral part of India and cannot be separated from the country till a single BJP worker is alive, irrespective of whether the party is in power or not.
Addressing an election rally in Raigarh district headquarters in Chhattisgarh, he said when the Modi government is re-elected at the Centre, infiltrators will be identified across the country and deported.
"Election is under way in Jammu and Kashmir and an ally of Congress, leader of National Conference Omar Abdullah had advocated for a prime minister in Kashmir. Do you think it's possible that a country can have two PMs? I have been asking Rahul baba to clarify his stand on the (Abdullah's) statement, but he is silent," Shah said slamming Congress chief Rahul Gandhi.
"Rahul baba listen carefully...Presently there is a government headed by Modiji and it will be re-elected. But even if we are not in power, nobody can separate Kashmir from India till a single BJP worker is alive. Kashmir is an integral part of India and if anyone says that it will be isolated from the country, then people of the country will not tolerate it," he added.
Shah also accused the Congress and the National Conference of not being in favour of scrapping Article 370 of the Constitution, which grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir.
"Congress and National Conference don't want to remove Article 370. But the BJP has promised in its poll manifesto that Article 370 will be scrapped," he said.
"Another issue is that of NRC (National Register for Citizen). Congress is saying do not bring NRC, but I want to urge you to again elect the NarendraModi government at the Centre...infiltrators will be identified right from Kashmir to Kanyakumari and from Gujarat to Assam, and deported," he said.
Describing infiltrators as "termites", he said they are a threat to the nation's security. "Our commitment is to throw them out of the country," the BJP chief added.
Shah also alleged that the Congress and other opposition parties are unhappy with the success of the Indian Air Force's strike on terrorist camps at Balakot in Pakistan in retaliation to the Pulwama terror attack.
"The Modi government has done the biggest work to safeguard the borders of the country. When terrorists attacked in Pulwama and killed our 40 jawans, there was anger and disappointment in the country. But the Modi government is not like the 'mauni baba' (silent) Manmohan Singh government.
Barely 13 days after the attack, air strikes were carried out targeting terror camps in Pakistan," he said.
"At a time when the whole nation rejoiced, there was grief in Pakistan. But there was also sadness in the office Rahul baba and company," Shah claimed.
"The guru of Rahul Gandhi, Sam Pitroda, says some kids have committed mistakes and dialogue should be held with them.
Do you think talks should be held with those who killed our 40 jawans? Our policy is clear that reply of the bullets will be given with shells. We will not hold talks with terrorists. BJP has a zero tolerance policy against terrorists."
The Congress ruled the country for 55 years, but it did nothing for development of poor, Dalits, tribals, villages and cities of the country, he alleged.
In the five years of the Modi government, work has been done for the development of 50 crore poor. Shah also slammed the Congress government in Chhattisgarh and said Ayushman Bharat scheme has been stopped in the state which was meant for welfare of poor people.
He also targeted Chief Minister BhupeshBaghel for banning the CBI from investigating any fresh cases in the state without seeking the state's consent.
"Why was BhupeshBaghel so afraid of the CBI that he banned it in the state immediatelyafter coming to power. What he has done?" he asked.
The Congress had promised to provide unemployment allowance in the state, Shah said, adding, "Are you (people) getting it? No development work is taking place in the state.
The law and order situation has collapsed."
Shah was campaigning for BJP candidate GomteeSai from RaigarhLokSabha constituency which will go to polls in the third phase on April 23.
While slamming Omar Abdullah for advocating a separate prime minister for the Jammu and Kashmir, BJP national president Amit Shah on Thursday asked Congress president Rahul Gandhi to clarify his stand on the same.
"One of the allies of the Mahagathbandhan had talked about a separate prime minister for Jammu and Kashmir. Rahul baba is not clarifying his stand on this. I want to say that till BJP workers are alive, no one can separate Kashmir from India," he said while addressing a public meeting here. He further criticised Congress leaders and the party's Indian Overseas chief Sam Pitroda for questioning the death toll in Balakot air strike conducted by Indian Air Force in response to the February 14 Pulwama terror attack.
"There were only two places which were mourning after the air strike in Balakot- one is Pakistan and another in Congress. Rahul baba's mentor Sam Pitroda had stated it was not right to punish Pakistan because some of their children made mistakes."
The BJP national president also stated that if voted to power, the party will implement NRC across India and remove all infiltrators.
"Should the infiltrators be removed from the country or not? Congress is saying that NRC should not be implemented. I want to assure that if you will make the government of NarendraModi again, then we will surely implement NRC from Kashmir to Kanyakumari and from Assam to Gujarat. We will weed out all the infiltrators from across the country," he said.
In his concluding remark, Shah claimed "under the leadership of NarendraModiji, India has been protected. The whole world is now giving respect to India. ModiJi has worked to push the country forward on the path of development."

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