History will take note of those who ridiculed abrogation of Art 370: PM

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History will take note of those who ridiculed abrogation of Art 370: PM

Friday, 18 October 2019 | TN RAGHUNATHA | Mumbai

Averring that history would take cognisance of statements by all those who ridiculed the Government’s decision to abrogate Article 370 of Constitution, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday demanded to know if the country— after its much-discussed decision —had been “ruined” or “has the country lost”  Kashmir as predicted by a few  Congress leaders.

Addressing an election rally at Parli in Beed district of Marathwada region, Modi offered to “make arrangements” to all those who desired to go Jammu & Kashmir.

Castigating the Congress and other Opposition leaders for mocking the BJP-led NDA Government’s decision to annul Article 370, Modi said: “Whenever debate takes place in future about the abrogation of Article 370, history will take cognisance of statements made by the leaders ridiculing the decision taken in the national interest.”

Exhorting the people to “punish” all those mocking the Government’s decision on Article 370, Modi said: “One Congress leader said that the Kashmir issue not the country’s internal matter.  Will agree with it? Can the leader saying such thing be pardoned? Will you not punish those who said such things in the election? ...   One leader said it’s a black day for Indian politics. Another said it’s against democracy, danger to national security...A senior Congress leader said that after the abrogation of Article 370, the country will be ruined. It is going to be three months since we abrogated Article 370, has the country been ruined?”

“Another Congress leader said that by annulling Article 370, we have lost Kashmir. I would like to ask you: has the country lost Kashmir? If you want to go Kashmir, tell me I will make arrangements... Does it behove well of all those leaders who ruled for such a time to make such statements? I have a long list of questionable statements made by the Congress leaders in this regard,” the Prime Minister said.

Modi, who was campaigning for campaigning for late Gopinath Munde’s Minister-daughter Pankaja Munde at Parli, said that Parli gave friends like Gopinath Munde and Pramod Mahajan. “Both Munde and Mahajan are no longer there. People from the younger generation like Devendra Fadnavis and Pankaja Munde are trying to fulfil their dreams.

Modi said that the Assembly elections were a battle between BJP’s “karyashakti” (power of development) and opposition’s “swarth shakti” (selfishness).”Lotus  ( the BJP symbol) has always bloomed in Beed. Pankaja will win the Assembly polls with a record margin,” he said.

Modi, who subsequently addressed rallies in Satara and Pune,urged the voters to punish the Congress and its leaders for their involvement in scams and their questionable remarks. “All those who have looted the country will not be spared. They will be put behind the bars. I will not rest till all the money looted from the State exchequer returns”. 

“If the entire Maharashtra is behind the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance, it is because of the hard work put in by us during the last five years. See the contrast: on one side, you can get to see the work ethics of the saffron alliance Government, while on the other, the Opposition Congress and NCP leaders are working for selfish motives,” the Prime Minister said.

In Satara, Modi campaigned for sitting MP and 13th descendent of Chhatrapati Shivaji Udayan Raje Bhosale, who recently quit the NCP and joined the BJP, is contesting the Lok Sabha by-polls from Satara. The by-poll has been necessitated by the resignation of Bhosale from Lok Sabha.

In Pune, the Prime Minister campaigned among other for BJP’s State President Chandrakant Patil, who is contesting from the Brahmin dominated Kothurd constituency.

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