Task To Develop J&K On LG’s Shoulders

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said with Article 370 having been abrogated from Jammu and Kashmir, the responsibility of development of the Union Territory has been entrusted on the shoulders of Lieutenant Governor (Girish Chandra Murmu).
“Article 370 has been scrapped in Jammu and Kashmir. Now the responsibility of taking the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir on the path of development and trust has been entrusted on the shoulders of the Lieutenant Governor, who was born, studied and grew up in tribal belt,’’ Modi said while addressing an election rally at Jamshedpur in election-bound Jharkhand, whose several areas are inhibited by the tribals.
Murmu hails from the tribal belt of Orissa and had served as Additional Principal Secretary to Narendra Modi during his tenure as Gujarat Chief Minister.
Modi launched a two-pronged attack on the Congress, accusing it of procrastinating resolution of national issues like Article 370 and the Ayodhya dispute, and presiding over “corrupt and unstable” governments in Jharkhand.
Stumping for BJP nominees for the Jharkhand assembly polls, Modi harped on the repeal of provisions of Article 370 that gave the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir its special status, and the Ayodhya tangle—themes that have underpinned both his and party chief Amit Shah’s campaign rallies in the state.
“The talk of Article 370 was on since Independence. The Constitution said the Article was a temporary provision. Article 370 is now gone from Jammu and Kashmir.