New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday promised reservation for Gujjars, Bakarwals and Pahari community in Jammu and Kashmir and said it has become possible after the abrogation of Article 370 in the Union Territory.
At a rally in Rajouri, Shah said: “Would it have been possible to get tribal reservation if Articles 370 and 35A were not removed? With their removal, minorities, dalits, adivasis and hills will get their due.
He also said: “Today’s rally in J&K, slogans of ‘Modi, Modi’…are answers to those who used to say that if Article 370 is removed, there will be fire, rivers of blood will flow here. “
He also took a dig at the opposition saying that three families have weakened democracy for three generations. “For 70 years, Jammu and Kashmir was ruled by three families and democracy was built within these families only. Have you ever got the right of Gram Panchayat, Tehsil Panchayat and Zilla Panchayat?”
He said that Panchayat elections have been held in this area after 2014 under the rule of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
He also said that violence, especially stone pelting, is decreasing in the Valley. The BJP leader said, “Modiji has worked to empower the youth of Jammu and Kashmir.”
Shah, who is on a three-day visit to the Union Territory, will launch several development projects and take stock of security measures at a meeting in Srinagar on Wednesday morning. In the high-level meeting, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, top officials of the army, paramilitary forces, state police and civil administration will participate in the high-level meeting.
Shah will address a meeting in Baramulla in the afternoon and announce more projects before concluding his tour in the afternoon.
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