Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India]October 4 (ANI): Highlighting the development of the Modi government in Jammu and Kashmir, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said that the Center has given computers and jobs to the youth who had stones in their hands earlier.
The Union Home Minister, who launched development projects worth around Rs 1,960 crore in Jammu, was referring to past incidents of stone pelting, which were often reported from the Valley.
“After the abrogation of Article 370, people in J&K got benefits from various government schemes. Democracy grows stronger when people welcome change. It is important to identify three families of J&K who promoted separatism instead of development.
He said that the central government gave computers and jobs to those youths who had stones in their hands earlier.
“Earlier there used to be incidents of stone pelting. But, now no such incident is happening. We have to understand the change that has happened now. We identified those in the administration who were supporting terrorism and uprooted them. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken out ‘Jamhooriyat’ (democracy) from three families in Jammu and Kashmir and brought it to the people through 30,000 Panchayati Raj members,” Shah said.
In the 70 years after independence, the Home Minister said only Rs 15,000 crore was invested in Jammu and Kashmir, but since 2019, about Rs 56,000 crore has been invested in the erstwhile state.
Shah further said that the youth of Jammu and Kashmir will benefit greatly from tourism. He said that in recent months 50 lakh tourists have come to Jammu and 22 lakh tourists have gone to Kashmir.
“Earlier the delimitation was done for the benefit of only three families. For the first time after independence, there has been a real delimitation in Jammu and Kashmir, due to which the people of the hilly region have got their rights.
Shah, who is on a three-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, reached Jammu on Monday evening after which he met people from different communities including Gurjar-Bakarwal, Rajput, Pahari and Sikh.
He began his day on Tuesday with a visit to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine at Katra, where he offered prayers. Notably, this was Shah’s first visit to the holy shrine after he was appointed the Home Minister of the Modi government 2.0.
His visit, during which he was accompanied by Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and Union Minister Jitendra Singh, coincided with the ninth day of the ongoing Navratri festival.
Shah is scheduled to hold several important meetings on Wednesday regarding the security situation in the region. He will review the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir in a meeting to be held at Raj Bhavan in Srinagar.
LG Manoj Sinha, top officials of the army, paramilitary forces, state police and civil administration will participate in the high-level meeting beginning tomorrow at 10 am.
Before concluding his visit to the Union Territory, Shah will also launch and lay the foundation stone for various development projects in Srinagar tomorrow afternoon. (ANI)
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