Setting the tone for Maharashtra Assembly Elections, the Home Minister also invoked the people of Maharashtra asking for their support on the issue of scrapping Article 370 in Kashmir.
Amit Shah said, “Congress sees this as (a) political issue, we see it as nationalism.” (File Photo: IANS)
Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday hit out at the Congress and Rahul Gandhi while justifying the decision of the Centre to abrogate Article 370 and 35(a) in Jammu and Kashmir and dividing the state in two Union Territories.
According to Shah, Articles 370 and 35a were a hurdle in connecting the state with the entire country and while “Congress sees this as (a) political issue, we see it as nationalism.”
Shah said, “Congress leader Rahul Gandhi says Article 370 is a political matter. He has just arrived in politics. We have been giving our lives for the last three generations for Kashmir.”
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Keeping Article 370 active in J&K is a political matter for Congress even today. For us, it was a matter of uniting the nation, a dream that PM Modi has made true – HM Shri @AmitShah #BJPForUnitedIndia
— BJP (@BJP4India) September 22, 2019
He further added, “Kashmir has been a political issue for the Congress but for us, it is a matter of patriotism.”
Congress view Article 370 as vote bank politics, we view this as patriotism. Therein lies the difference between Congress and the BJP – HM Shri @AmitShah #BJPForUnitedIndia
— BJP (@BJP4India) September 22, 2019
He even blamed former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru for the Kashmir issue.
“The issue of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) wouldn’t be there had Jawaharlal Nehru not announced an untimely ceasefire in 1947 when the Army was fighting against the Pakistani infiltrators,” Amit Shah added.
The issue of Pak-Occupied Kashmir wouldn’t be there had Jawaharlal Nehru not announced an untimely ceasefire in 1947 when the Army was fighting against the Pakistani infiltrators in J&K, the Indian territory – HM Shri @AmitShah #BJPForUnitedIndia
— BJP (@BJP4India) September 22, 2019
Setting the tone for Maharashtra Assembly Elections, the Home Minister also invoked the people of Maharashtra asking for their support on the issue of scrapping Article 370. He said, “The people of Maharashtra will show the political leaders resisting the abrogation of Article 370 and 35A their right place. This is the land where Swaraj began, and you need to choose which side you are on.”
The people of Maharashtra now need to take a decision. Will they choose a nationalistic party that takes pride in serving them or a party that just serves a family – HM Shri @AmitShah #BJPForUnitedIndia
— BJP (@BJP4India) September 22, 2019
Assembly elections will be held in Maharashtra on October 21. The five year term of Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra expires on November 9.
BJP poll campaign started with Maha Jan Aadesh Yatra headed by Maharashra’s Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, last month, to connect to voters across Maharashta. Infact PM Narendra Modi too took part in the campaign on Thursday.
The Opposition parties, mainly Congress and NCP in Maharashtra have seen a mass exodus of its leaders to BJP and Shiv Sena. In Maharashtra, the BJP won 122 seats in 2014, while its alliance partner Shiv Sena won 63.
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