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J & K crown of India; It is our responsibility to pull it out of its turmoil: PM

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New Delhi, Jan 28: Blaming three to four families and political parties in Jammu and Kashmir for the present situation in the state, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that abrogation of Article 370 was aimed at solving long standing problem in Jammu and Kashmir.
Addressing the NCC rally , the PM said,’’the Problem of Jammu and Kashmir was persisting ever since the country attained its independence. What has been done for the solving the problem? About 3 to 4 families and political parties were not only interested in finding solution of the problem but also in keeping the issue unsolved. The result of this was that Kashmir got destroyed by continued terrorism in which thousands of innocents were killed.
Government was made to stand as a mute spectator as lakhs of people were evicted from their homes in the state.’’
Referring to the Article 370, Prime Minister said it was meant to be a temporary arrangement but that continued for 7 decades owing to the vote bank politics of some political parties.
“Kashmir is the crown of the country and to pull it out of its turmoil is our responsibility”, he said adding that abrogation of Article 370 was aimed at solving the long standing problem in Jammu and Kashmir.
“Our neighbour fought three wars with us but our forces defeated it in all the wars. Now it is fighting proxy-war with us and thousands of our citizens are being killed. But what was the thinking on this issue before. It was being looked at as a Law and Order problem.
The issue was kept to linger on and the security forces were never given a chance to act. Today, India is progressing with a youthful thinking and mindset and hence it was able to launch surgical strike, air strike and directly attack the terror camps. The result of these actions is that today there is an all-round peace in the country and that terrorism has reduced considerably,’’the PM said.
The Prime Minister said that Young India is not willing to procrastinate issues and is willing to combat separatism and terrorism.