Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to win the hearts of the Kashmiris in his first visit to Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370. PM Modi on Thursday unveiled multiple development projects worth more than Rs 6,400 crore, under the ‘Viksit Bharat Viksit Jammu Kashmir’ program at Srinagar’s Bakshi Stadium.
Addressing a public rally, the Prime Minister said he had come to win the hearts of Kashmiris. (“dil jeetne aaya hun…”)
The Prime Minister also said there was an era when the people of Jammu and Kashmir were deprived of benefits.
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Abrogation of Article 370
“There was an era when law implemented in other parts of the country could not be implemented in Jammu and Kashmir when schemes for the welfare of the poor were implemented across the country, but our brothers and sisters of Jammu and Kashmir were deprived of the benefits. See now, how the times have changed.”
Slamming the Congress party, PM Modi said, ” The Congress was misguiding not only the people of Jammu and Kashmir but the entire nation on Article 370.”
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