Help Make Kashmir A Paradise Again: Narendra Modi

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that the BJP government had kept its promise and integrated Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh into India, and appealed to the people to help make it “a paradise again”. “Until now, the slogan was ‘Kashmir Hamara Hai’ but now ‘Kashmir Ko Phir Se Swarg Banana Hai’ should be our motto. Let us apply the soothing balm to the festering wounds of our Kashmiri brethren due to the problems created by the misrule of the past many decades,” Modi urged.

He said the new resolution should be “Ab Naya Kashmir Banana Hai”, “Har Kashmiri Ko Gale Lagana Hai” for which he sought the help of the people of Maharashtra. “All attempts to destabilize India and Jammu and Kashmir are taking place from across the border. But, now the people there clamor for development, peace, jobs. I want all of you to come forward and help rebuild Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh,” exhorted Modi.

He was addressing a massive rally marking the conclusion of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’ 4,000 km-long ‘Mahajanadesh Yatra’ which ended here after covering the state in phases since August. Modi rued that despite such a historic step taken by the ruling NDA, the Opposition was trying to exploit it for political gains, but for the BJP, “nothing is bigger than the nation and its security”.