Jammu and Kashmir will not be UT forever, people will choose CM: Modi in national address
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday addressed the nation on the scrapping of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir and assured the people of the former state that it will have a government chosen by local people like before and it will not be a Union Territory forever.
The PM assured that elections will be held soon and it will have a government, ministers, cabinet and chief minister chosen by the local people only.
Addressing the nation on the All India Radio and other government media platforms, the Prime Minister made the following points:
- We have taken a historic decision. The hurdle to development will now go. People of Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir were deprived of their rights so far.
- The dreams of Sardar Patel, Babasaheb Ambedkar and Shyamaprasad Mukherjee would now be realised.
- I congratulate the people of JK, Ladakh and all countrymen.
- It seemed that Article 370 seemed will never change. It was causing harm to our generations. No one could ever explain how it had helped or improved the lives of people of Jammu and Kashmir.
- It only gave corruption, dynastic politics.
- About 42,000 innocent people had died in the past decades.
- JK and Ladakh could never develop the way it should have been.
- Now things will improved and their future will be protected
- Since now Parliament made laws but in one part of India it was never applied.
- More than 1 crore people were deprived of the provisions of the law. Jammu and Kashmir girls were deprived.
- Jammu and Kashmir children were deprived of educational rights.
- Laws to protect the Dalits could not be applied in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Minimum Wages Act was not applied in Jammu and Kashmir.
- SC/ST reservations in polls was not applied in JK.
- Article 370 and 35A is now history. People will come out of negativity soon.
- The central government will try to give all facilities to employees of government in Kashmir and police families.
- JK and Ladakh will soon see filling up of vacant postisions
- Since Governor's rule JK saw good governance.
- Schemes on papers are now being implemented.
- We tried to create a work culture in JK
- I congratulate all on Eid, will try to ensure there is no trouble on Eid
- Many sacrificed lives in Kashmir in fight to terrorism
- The decision will strengthen fight against terrorism
- Let us show the people and the world how good and capable the Kashmiris are
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