‘None can reverse reservations of Paharis, NC tried to stall bill’ We want to give guns to youth but for jobs in security forces Govt won’t allow gunfire to resonate again in Jammu’s hills Sanjeev Pargal JAMMU, Sept 21: Union Home Minister Amit Shah said today that there is no firing on the Line of Control (LoC) now as Pakistan is afraid of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and declared that a bullet fired from across the border will be replied with an artillery shell. Shah today addressed five mammoth election rallies at Surankote, Mendhar, Rajouri, Thannamandi, all in the twin border districts of Poonch and Rajouri; and Akhnoor in Jammu district. Three of the five Assembly segments share LoC with Pakistan.
People had turned in large numbers at all the places. There was massive enthusiasm among Pahari kabila people who have been given Scheduled Tribe (ST) status by the Central Government some time back. “There used to be firing on LoC since nineties.
You all know that. Now Pakistan is afraid of Narendra Modi. They don’t indulge in firing.
If they will fire a bullet, our security forces will retaliate by firing an artillery shell,” Shah said amid huge response from the crowd. “The previous rulers were frightened of Pakistan, but now Pakistan fears Modi,” he added. Shah made a sensational disclosure that reservation to Paharis was stalled because of National Conference.
“For six months, we couldn’t pass the bill in Parliament because their (NC’s) Judge MP (a.