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SRINAGAR, Mar 7: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pulled Kashmir out of a long nightmare of gloom and uncertainty into the era of peace and prosperity, Union Minister in PMO with Independent charge of Science and Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh said here today.
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In his introductory address at PM Narendra Modi’s massive public rally at Bakshi Stadium here, Dr Jitendra Singh said Modi has changed the destiny of people of Kashmir and given them the dream of a bright new future.
Dr Jitendra Singh said the hands that wielded the gun till yesterday, are today found holding IPads and computers. The fingers that were laced with blood till yesterday, are today seen weaving the Pashmina threads and impressing the world with their traditional handicraft, he added.
“Today, the dark clouds of hopelessness have vanished from Kashmir’s skies, the waves of hope are sweeping the streams of river Jhelum,” he said. “You (PM Narendra Modi) have changed the fate and destiny of the people of Kashmir and guided them to a new and prosperous future. Today this open sky is free of the clouds of sadness, despair and uncertainty and a new hope has been generated under your leadership’’, he added.
Terming Modi a popular leader of the country, Dr Jitendra Singh said “Narendra Modi is great personality whom entire world hold into high esteem and looks towards him for guidance.’’
Dr Jitendra Singh, who represents Kathua -Udhampur constituency in the Lok Sabha, while welcoming the Prime Minister on the soil of Kashmir said, such a massive crowd, spread as far as the eye can see, has been waiting since morning to catch a glimpse of Prime Minister Modi.
Dr Jitendra Singh said “This is ‘Modi Ka Parivar’. Because the people here know that none other than Narendra Modi can understand the pain in their hearts.”
Dr Jitendra Singh who spoke in chaste Urdu said, all these people have come together to join the caravan of ‘Viksit Bharat, Viksit J&K’ under the leadership of PM Modi.
“Tomorrow, when you proclaim the New India, we, the people of J&K, would also proudly tell the posterity that we too had a modest role to play in blossoming the New Kashmir that shines brightly in the New India of PM Modi,” he said.