Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 16: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that Congress had created hurdles for removing Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir for decades.
“I had guaranteed you that I will remove Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir. Today, despite obstacles created by Congress, Article 370 is history now”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said while inaugurating, dedicating to the nation, and laid the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth more than Rs 9750 crores in Rewari, Haryana today.
The projects cater to several important sectors concerning urban transport, health, rail, and tourism. Modi also took a walkthrough of the exhibitions showcased on the occasion.
“Today, women, Dalits, backward classes, and tribals have started getting their rights in Jammu and Kashmir”, he said.
Talking about the national and even global buzz about “Modi’s Guarantee”, PM Modi said that Rewari is the first witness of “Modi’s Guarantee”.
He recalled guarantees that he furnished here about the prestige of the country and Shri Ram Temple in Ayodhya Dham which have seen the light of the Day. Similarly, Article 370 was abrogated as per the guarantee given by the PM Modi.
He said that after the abrogation of Article 370, the people of the country would give 370 seats to the BJP in the next Lok Sabha elections and 400 seats to the NDA.
“Today women, backward, Dalits, tribals are getting their rights in Jammu and Kashmir”, he added.
The Prime Minister recalled accomplishing the guarantee of ‘One Rank One Pension’ to ex-servicemen here in Rewari and informed about providing about Rs 1 lakh crores so far, where many ex-servicemen from Haryana have reaped its benefits. In Rewari, the Prime Minister informed that beneficiaries of OROP have received more than Rs 600 crores so far. He also pointed out that the previous government had earmarked a budget of Rs 500 crores for OROP which is less than the amount received by the families of the servicemen in Rewari alone. |
