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Aiming at Nehru over non-
integration of Kashmir with
India, Shah said the country’s
first home minister, Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel, should have
looked after the issue, in lieu of
the then prime minister.
While giving a talk to a rally
in Mumbai on the Center’s
decision to revoke Article 370
in Jammu and Kashmir and
to campaign for the Bharatiya
Janata Party for the next
month’s Maharashtra Assembly
elections, Shah said the
Congress sees politics behind
abrogation of Article 370 but we
don’t see it that way.
The PoK wouldn’t have come
into existence had Nehru not
declared an untimely ceasefire
with Pakistan...Sardar Patel
should have handled Kashmir,
instead of Nehru handling it, he
said.
Not even a single bullet has
been fired in Kashmir following
the revocation of special status
to Jammu and Kashmir, he
added. The senior BJP leader
said there was no turmoil in
valley state and the future days,
terrorism will be at the end.
Shah said three dynasties
(without taking any names)
which presided over Kashmir
didn’t let the anti-corruption
agency to be established
there. Those who indulged in
corruption in Kashmir now are
feeling the heat despite the
cold there, he said in remarks
adorned with sarcasm.
He asked Indian National
Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi and National
Congress Party chief Sharad
Pawar to let know people
whether they be on the side
of or be against removal of
Article 370.
also expressed confidence
that Devendra Fadnavis
will once again be the chief
minister of Maharashtra after
the state elections slated to
take place next month. The
state Assembly elections will
be held in a single phase on
October 21 and results will be
announced on October 24.
Speaking to the gathering, he
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