In Kashmir, Modi assures all promises will be fulfilled

6.4-KM TUNNEL CONNECTS SRINAGAR WITH SONAMARG

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA Modi on Monday asserted that he would keep promises he had made to the people of Jammu and Kashmir, a statement seen as an oblique reference to the demand for restoration of statehood voiced strongly by chief minister Omar Abdullah.

"Yeh Modi hai, wada karta hai toh nibhata hai. Har kaam ka ek samay hai, aur sahi samay pe sahi kaam bhi hone wale hai (This is Modi who keeps his promises. And right things are going to happen at the right time)," the PM said at a large public meeting where he shared the stage with Abdullah after inaugurating a strategic 6.4-km tunnel between Srinagar and Sonamarg.

Terming Kashmir as India's crown, PM Modi also said the dream of 'Viksit Bharat' will be achieved only when this crown is bedecked with jewels.