Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said that after the removal of Article 370, the involvement of Indian youth with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir has almost disappeared.
Speaking in the Rajya Sabha during a discussion on the working of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Shah said that terrorist glorification, which was once common under UPA rule, came to an end during the NDA’s decade-long rule.
Amit Shah also talked about the changes in the situation in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370.
“After the removal of Article 370, the involvement of Indian youth with terrorists has almost disappeared. Ten years ago, terrorist glorification was common, and funeral processions would take place. But now, when terrorists are killed, they are buried on the spot. Relatives of terrorists who once enjoyed government perks have been ruthlessly removed from government posts to send a strong message,” he said.
“I want to thank our Constitution makers for making Article 370 temporary and providing a solution for its removal within the same article. However, vote bank politics kept it safeguarded. But on August 5, 2019, PM Modi took the historic step of removing it, marking the beginning of a new era of Kashmir’s integration with the rest of India,” he said. (ANI)
Replying to the discussion on the working of MHA, in Rajya Sabha, HM Amit Shah said, ” Terrorists used to enter Kashmir from the neighbouring country, they used to execute bomb blasts and murders here. There was not one festival which used to be celebrated without any worry. Central Governments had a flexible attitude. They used to be quiet and were scared of speaking…They were worried about their vote bank. ”
“After PM Narendra Modi came to power, we displayed a zero-tolerance policy against terrorism. There were attacks even after we came to power – on Uri and Pulwama…Within 10 days, we entered Pakistan and gave them a reply through airstrike and surgical strike…The zero-tolerance policy against terrorism started there. Article 370 was the base for separatism in Kashmir…But Article 370 was removed in Parliament on 5th August 2019”, he said.
