Helping Kashmir move up.

Recently Narendra Modi went to Leh and Kargil, twin districts in Jammu and Kashmir separately ruled by autonomous councils in Ladakh. As Narendra Modi visited the two important cities of the nation, one which even hosted India’s one of the most deadly wars with Pakistan, a lot of media attention has gathered and with attention speculations are also rife about the visit of Mr. Modi in the land of Jammu and Kashmir.

According to me, this visit of Mr. Modi to Jammu and Kashmir means a lot both nationally as well as internationally. Jammu and Kashmir from the very beginning has been a battle ground for Mr. Modi. From the debate of article 370 to that of Kashmiri Pandits, Modi has been vigilant in the state’s affairs for a very long time, from even before the commencement of his PM campaign as the BJP’s candidate. Jammu Kashmir was also one of those few states which got complete attention of Mr. Modi and as a matter of fact, even after becoming the Prime minister of the nation, Modi has visited the state two times thus showing his alacrity to induce reforms in the state.

The two aspects, I would like to talk about in this article are the national as well as international significance of Modi’s visit to the state.

Let’s first talk about the international aspect of the visit of Mr. Modi to the state. Unlike the previous governments at the centre, Mr. Modi from the very beginning has been watchful over India’s foreign diplomacy with other global states and especially its neighbours and Pakistan is one of them. Mr. Modi has been keeping a tough eye on Pakistan over issues related to border terrorism and ceasefire agreements on the borders unlike his previous counterparts who just knew to give message of peace and do nothing else.

During his visit to the state of Jammu and Kashmir, Mr. Modi seriously decried the proxy-war tactics being played by Pakistan and also hinted at warning Pakistan of dire consequences if it aims to breed terrorism on its soil against India. This has truly been a great effort by Mr. Modi. The regime of the previous government of UPA was marked by a large number of terrorist activities and cross border terrorism. In one of the assaults the Pakistani soldiers even decapitated two of Indian soldiers and the previous government unfortunately didn’t do anything in order to stiffly condemn the inhumane act of Pakistani forces. But as Mr. Modi has been very much particular about topics related to Indian security and integrity, he would surely try to abate such activities and why only abate, he would surly try to eradicate and sabotage all such plans of Pakistani terrorists, in order to safeguard Indian unity, integrity and power. And this surely appeals much to the Indian denizens who were eagerly waiting for such a robust Prime Minister. One more thing that I would like to add is that such actions being taken by Mr. Narendra Modi are sure to increment his popularity in the international forums too, in which he will take part in the long run as the Prime minister of India. This would surely position him as a strong Prime Minister of India.

One more aspect about which I would like to talk about is Mr. Modi’s national plan regarding the state. Even before being elected the Prime Minister of the nation, Mr. Modi announced his progressive and promising plans regarding the state of Jammu and Kashmir and after being elected the Prime Minister with such a thumping majority, Mr. Modi didn’t forget to fulfill his promises. As promised, he started the work to reestablish Kashmiri Pandits in the state of Jammu and Kashmir and one of his ministers also announced that the plans to roll back article 370 have also started. This shows the profundity of his interest in the state. But unfortunately due to a different structure of the constitution of Jammu and Kashmir, nothing can happen in the state until and unless the state government clears the projects, but as we all know that contemporarily there is a government of Omar Abdullah in the state (who is also one of the biggest critics of Narendra Modi), Modi would not be able to do much in the state, owning to concurrent circumstances. Therefore if Mr Modi really wants to induce changes in the state, he needs to have his own government in the state and that’s one of the biggest motives behind his frequent visits to the state.

I also hope that Jammu and Kashmir would also soon get a BJP government in order to observe progress rather than protest, in order to observe advancements rather than unworthy politics and that Mr. Modi would soon change the state for better.

JAI HIND, JAI BHARAT

JAI MA BHARTI