Gear up for Assembly election, BJP chief Nadda exhorts party workers in Jammu
Srinagar, July 6
Union Minister and BJP national president J P Nadda on Saturday asked party workers to be ready for the Assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir, saying the NDA government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a vision to make the country a third economic power in the world in near future. He said every worker of the party is “determined to establish service, good governance and development,” in the upcoming assembly election.
Nadda, who arrived in Jammu on the birth anniversary of Dr Syama Prasad Mukherjee and addressed the concluding session of two-day ‘Vistarit Karyasamiti Baithak’ here, said entire nation is grateful to Mukherjee for his “commitment and immense contribution towards the integration of Punjab, West Bengal and Jammu & Kashmir with India and for the integrity and sovereignty of the country.”
He also said that in the last 10 years under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the visionary efforts of Mukherjee dedicated to education, finance and development have come true on the ground.
“This will give a concrete shape to the bright future of Jammu and Kashmir. In the upcoming Assembly election, every BJP worker is determined to establish service, good governance and development here,” he said.
During his address, Nadda remembered how Mukherjee resisted the Permit system for Jammu and Kashmir and had to lay down his life in Srinagar jail in unexplained conditions.
Congratulating the J&K BJP cadre for 100% result in Lok Sabha elections, Nadda also said people have defeated the forces of corruption and nepotism.
He lashed out at the Congress and said the party which has failed to win 100 seats for the third time in general elections in a row is raising questions on the winners of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls despite the fact that it is standing only with the help of others.
Describing Jammu and Kashmir as “crown of India”, Nadda said before 2014, the people of Jammu and Ladakh used to talk about “discrimination and injustice” but the Modi-led government provided justice to all sections of the society, especially those who have been left deprived by the previous regimes.
He said the BJP-led government lived true to its slogan of ‘sabka saath, sabka vikas and sabka vishwas’ and “today Jammu and Kashmir along with Ladakh is marching ahead with the rest of the country without any complaint of discrimination or injustice from anywhere. This happened because of the Modi government.” He said two crore tourists visited Jammu and Kashmir last year, showing the improved situation in the aftermath of the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution.
“Unlike in the past when the Indian forces deployed on the borders had to seek permission to retaliate to the firing from across the border, the Modi government gave free hand to the forces and the people are living a peaceful life now. This is the new Bharat under the leadership of Modi,” he said, adding any terrorist who manages to sneak into this side is neutralised within one week.
“India under the leadership of Modi went past the British which ruled India for 200 years to become fifth largest economy in the world…The day is not far when we will be third economic power in coming years under the leadership of Modi,” he said.
He said BJP is the only party in the country which is fighting the elections on its own strength and defeating its rivals.
