Amit Shah Kashmir visit: Home Minister rules out talks with Pakistan, says polls will be held in J&K soon

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday ruled out talks with Pakistan and said that elections will soon take place in Jammu and Kashmir while addressing a public rally in Baramulla. This was the final day of Shah’s 3-day visit to the union territory. ‘Those who ruled J&K wanted me to talk to Pakistan’ Taking a dig National Conference and PDP which were in power in the erstwhile state of J&K, Shah said “those who ruled J&K for 70 years advised me to talk to Pakistan.” “But I refused and said I will talk to the people of Kashmir,” he added.

ये जो कुछ लोग मुझे सलाह दे रहे हैं न कि सरकार इससे बात करे उससे बात करे...मैं बड़ी स्पष्टता से उन्हें कहना चाहता हूं कि मैं किसी से बात नहीं करूंगा...मैं अपने गुर्जर, बकरवाल व पहाड़ी भाइयों-बहनों और सिर्फ घाटी के अपने युवा साथियों के साथ बात करूंगा। pic.twitter.com/i6KxZD0CZi

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) October 5, 2022

Referring to the alliance formed by J&K parties, Shah said “Gupkar model laid out the red carpet for Pakistani terrorists while Modi model paved the way for development.”

जम्मू-कश्मीर में 2 मॉडल हैं...

पहला विकास, शांति, सद्भाव, शिक्षा और रोजगारी का मोदी मॉडल है। और दूसरा आतंक, अलगाववाद और भ्रष्टाचार का गुपकार मॉडल है।

गुपकार मॉडल में J&K के युवाओं के लिए सिर्फ पत्थर, बंद कॉलेज, बंदूक है और मोदी मॉडल में युवाओं के लिए IIM, IIT, AIIMS हैं। pic.twitter.com/dLD3jBEHtA

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) October 5, 2022

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“For the last 70 years, Mufti & company, Abdullah& sons were in power here but didn’t provide housing for the 1 lakh homeless people. Modi ji gave homes to these 1 lakh people between 2014-2022,” the home minister said. Polls in J&K soon On holding assembly polls, Shah said a political process has started in this regard. I want to assure you that once the work of publishing electoral rolls by the Election Commission is completed, elections will be conducted with full transparency and your own elected representatives will govern here, he said. Apart from this, Shah also met the family of a police constable who was killed while fighting JeM terrorists. Late SPO Mudassir was part of a team who intercepted terrorists heading to target Amarnath Yatra, ANI reported.

Had the privilege of visiting the home of the brave martyr of the @JmuKmrPolice, Mudasir Ahmad Sheikh and meeting his family today in Uri.

He fought bravely against the terrorists to save hundreds of lives.

His valour and sacrifice can never be forgotten. pic.twitter.com/5qPyP3XfW0

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) October 5, 2022

The home minister changed his route and went to Uri to meet Mudassir’s family.

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He also visited a gurudwara in Srinagar. Following Shah’s Baramulla rally, the National Conference tweeted that it would “reply to the home minister’s challenge to Farooq Abdullah in 24 hours.”

We are grateful to @HMOIndia @AmitShah ji for challenging Dr. Farooq Sb to account for @jknc_’s contribution to the development of J&K. As the list is rather exhaustive, please expect our response tomorrow.

— JKNC (@JKNC_) October 5, 2022

Shah promises reservation for Gujjars, Bakarwals, Paharis On Tuesday, Shah hailed the development of Jammu and Kashmir under the PM Narendra Modi-led BJP government while addressing a public rally in J&K’s Rajouri. Shah also said that the abrogation of Article 370 benefitted the union territory in several ways and paved the way for reforms. Notably, Shah announced that the Pahari community, besides Gujjars and Bakarwals , will soon be given reservations in the education sector and government jobs under the Scheduled Tribe (ST) category. With inputs from agencies Read all the Latest News , Trending News ,  Cricket News , Bollywood News , India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.