Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the ‘Viksit Bharat Viksit Jammu Kashmir’ programme in Srinagar today (March 7). While addressing the mass gathering at Bakshi stadium, PM Modi said the feeling of coming to heaven on earth is beyond words. The development projects being dedicated today will boost the development of Jammu and Kashmir, he added.
“I am elated to be among the wonderful people of Srinagar,” said PM Narendra Modi after inaugurating several projects in Jammu-Kashmir. Modi said, “I have been told that 1 lakh people from 285 blocks have joined us virtually. I want to thank the people of Jammu and Kashmir. It is that new J&K for which we have been waiting for decades”.
“It is that new J&K for which Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee sacrificed his life. This new J&K has a bright future and the courage to overcome challenges. Seeing your happy faces, 140 crore people across the country are feeling satisfied,” he said.
PM added, “Whenever I came here after 2014, I have always said that I am making all these efforts, to win your hearts and I am seeing that I have been able to win your hearts. I will keep trying hard. This is Modi’s guarantee.”
This was the Prime Minister’s first visit to Kashmir since the BJP-led Centre abrogated the provisions of Article 370, which had given a special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, and bifurcated it into Union territories on August 5, 2019.
After inaugurating several development projects, Modi said he was “elated to be among the wonderful people of Srinagar”. “The development projects being dedicated today will boost the development of Jammu and Kashmir. A developed Jammu and Kashmir is the priority for a developed India,” he said.
Describing Jammu and Kashmir as the crown of the country, the Prime Minister said the path to building a developed Jammu and Kashmir will emerge from tourism possibilities and empowerment of farmers.
