Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU/NEW DELHI, Sept 12: Soon after Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of massively opening up space for the terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir, Union Minister and senior BJP leader Dr Jitendra Singh said that the absence of peace in the Valley was a cumulative outcome of nearly half a century misrule of Congress party beginning with the infamous “Nehruvian blunders”, which were partly motivated by former PM Nehru’s “misguided personal weakness for Sheikh Abdullah.”
Responding to Gandhi’s comment that Modi destroyed People’s Democratic Party (PDP) by making alliance with them, Dr Jitendra Singh said, whatever he (Rahul Gandhi) has said, it doesn’t reflect the popular sentiments of the people of Jammu and Kashmir or even people of India at large. Infact, it is the Congress which has been, over the years, forging opportunistic alliances alternatively with one or the other regional party in Kashmir .
Speaking to reporters during his visit with Home Minister Rajnath Singh in Jammu, Dr Jitendra Singh said the BJP-led Governments both at the Centre and in the State have taken upon itself a “herculean task” of restoring normalcy in the State.
“On the contrary, the absence of peace in Kashmir was a cumulative outcome of the misrule of the Congress for nearly half-a-century both at the Centre and in the State and also outcome of a series of blunders committed during the Congress rule beginning from the infamous Nehruvian blunders in Jammu and Kashmir,” he said.
“And therefore, the BJP-led government, both at the Centre and in the state, has taken upon itself a herculean task of restoring normalcy and we are very well heading in that direction. We are, in fact, redeeming the sins that were committed by the Congress over the last five decades,” he added.
“Whatever he (Rahul) said doesn’t reflect the popular sentiments of the people of J-K or even people of India at large. In fact, the youth are very keen on joining the developmental part led by Modi. Look at the statistics, we have so many toppers from the militancy-affected areas. They know that their future lies with this caravan led by Modi and they don’t want to miss out on these opportunities,” he added.
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