PM MODI ASKS J&K TO VOTE FOR FUTURE

Assures restoration of statehood, asserts terrorism and separatism will be wiped out

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Asking people to cast their votes wisely in the ongoing Assembly polls that are "linked to the future of Jammu and Kashmir", Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the voters should ensure the sunset of the politics practised by the Congress, NC and PDP, which have "inflicted wounds" in the region for years together.

Addressing a poll rally in Katra, the base camp for the pilgrims visiting the Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district, Modi also accused the Congress leadership of insulting Hindu gods and goddesses under a "well-thought-out Jammu and Kashmir and conspiracy" and due to a "Naxal mindset".

This was the second rally addressed by the Prime Minister in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday and third in a week. He addressed another rally in Srinagar earlier in the day. On September 14, Modi had addressed a rally in Doda district.

The Prime Minister reiterated that his government will restore statehood in also asserted that terrorism and separatism, which have weakened after the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution, will be completely wiped out from the region.