‘If Pak fires one single bullet, we will respond with an artillery shell’
Nazim Ali Manhas
Mendhar/Surankote, (TDD): If people of Jammu are seeing peaceful borders with zero ceasefire violation, it was because of the fact that Pakistan was scared of Prime Minister Narendera Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said Saturday addressing twin rallies in Mendhar and Surankote.
He said that borders are silent and people of Mendhar and Surankote because of PM Modi’s fear in Pakistan.
“During Dr Farooq Abdullahs time, this area would witness frequent shelling from across the border. The roaring sounds of shells have ended as Pakistan is scared of Prime Minister Narendera Modi. If Pakistan resorts to any misadventure by firing a single bullet, we will respond with an artillery shell,” Shah said in a direct warning to Pakistan.
Shah blamed National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah for promoting terrorism in J&K.
“Since 1990, this place has been destroyed by the menace of terrorism. In NC, PDP and Congress rule, Paharis, Gujars and Bakerwals were deprived of their rights,” Shah said. He said NC chief Dr Farooq was responsible for giving guns in the hands of youth to destroy their future. “We will also give guns in the hands of Paharis, Gujjars and Bakerwals through police recruitment and recruitment of army and other forces so that they can fight the terrorism with full might and save their home land,” Shah said.
He said: “Let me tell you if Dr Farooq and his son Omar Abdullah would turn themselves upside down, we will not reserve the Pahari reservation. We will rather give reservation in promotions to Paharis, Gujjars and Bakerwals.”.
Shah took a dig at three families—Abdullahs, Muftis and Gandhis, the Home Minister said these three families are responsible for the killing of 40,000 people. “It was because of these three families, J&K didn’t see Panchayat, BDC and DDC polls for a long time. Today, over 30,000 representatives of Panchayats, Blocks, and Districts are enjoying the fruit of democracy,” he said.
Batting his for the BJP candidate from Mendhar, Murtaza Khan, the Home Minister said Shah was the first Pahari person to seek reservation for his community. “He would often meet me with memorandums about reservation to Paharis. I once told him that reservation will be given for sure, will you (Murtaza) contest the election on BJP ticket. Then he replied that if I (Shah) would hold a rally in Mendhar, he would contest,” Shah said, adding that “today Murtaza is contesting elections and I am addressing a rally here too. If you would ensure his victory, I would come here for a night stay.” In Surankote, Shah while addressing the second rally said that Gujjars, Bakerwals and Paharis will get reservation promotions also. “There will be a reservation in promotions as well,” he said, adding that Centre was committed to make Poonch, Rajouri, Doda, Kishtwar a tourist hot-spot so that tourists would visit to these places in large numbers like Pahalgam in Kashmir-(TDD)
