MORE than three years after the Centre read down the provisions of Article 370 giving special status to Jammu and Kashmir, the only real challenge for the government is infiltration from across the border, and not normalisation of peace in the Kashmir Valley, which the government believes has already set in with a push now being given to investment and development of the state. That’s what Dr Jitendra Singh, who belongs to the state and holds various important portfolios as a senior minister in the Modi cabinet, believes.
Dr Singh heads departments such as Science and Technology (independent charge), Earth Science, PMO, Department of Space and Atomic Science and Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. In an interview to Rajesh Kumar Thakur, the Minister says the objective of the government is to make J&K ‘samridhi aur shanti ka swarg’ (a paradise of prosperity and peace). Excerpts:
How do you see J&K now moving ahead?
For the first time, Valley is smiling with sprouts of hope all around. The people have begun seeing a wider horizon of prosperity coming closer to them after the removal of Article 370 by the Modi government. The administration has much better coordination with the public and opportunities have opened up for the youth.
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