Ahead of second phase polls on September 25, Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday launched a blistering attack at three “dynastic families” of Abdullahs, Muftis and Gandhis, accusing them of arming youth of Jammu and Kashmir with “machine guns and stones”. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he said, had replaced them with “books and laptops”. Recalling how Pakistan’s firing and shelling had let loose a reign of terror for the border population along the LoC in the 1990s during a public address, he said, “The previous governments were afraid of Pakistan but today, Pakistan is afraid of Narendra Modi.
Does firing take place now? No, because Pakistan doesn’t have the guts to open fire and if they do then every single “goli” (bullet) will be responded by ‘golay (bombs)’.” Addressing five back-to-back rallies at Mendhar, Surankote, Thannamandi, Rajouri and Akhnoor, Shah said Jammu and Kashmir witnessed unprecedented transformation under PM Modi’s leadership. Shah again targeted three dynastic families of Abdullahs of the National Conference, Muftis of the Peoples Democratic Party and Gandhis of the Congress, accusing them of sabotaging democracy in the region.
“These three dynastic families held the democracy hostage. However, in 2014, Modi government paved the way for grassroots democracy, ensuring elections at Panchayat, block, and district levels, which in turn created a new leadership of 30,000 youth,” he said During his speeches in Rajour.