: Would rather talk to JKs youth for development: Amit Shah on NC chief seeking talks with Pakistan #IndiaNEWS #Latest News Srinagar, Oct 25: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday hit out at National

Would rather talk to JKs youth for development: Amit Shah on NC chief seeking talks with Pakistan #IndiaNEWS #Latest News
Srinagar, Oct 25: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday hit out at National Conference president Farooq Abdullah for seeking talks with Pakistan, saying the government would rather talk to the youth of Jammu and Kashmir for making it the most developed in the country.
The home minister, who is on a visit to Jammu and Kashmir—his first since the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019—remotely inaugurated several development projects and laid the foundation stone of some.
I read in newspapers that Farooq Abdullah has suggested that the government should talk to Pakistan. He has a right to his opinion but we would rather talk to the Kashmiri youth, Shah said while addressing a function at the SKICC here.
The repealing of Article 370 had only one intention—to put Kashmir, Jammu, and newly created Ladakh (Union Territory) on the path of development. You will see the fruits of our efforts by 2024, he said.
The article, which granted special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, was abrogated in August 2019 and the state was bifurcated into union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
Shah inaugurated a 500-bed hospital at Bemina, completed at a cost of Rs 115 crore, laid the foundation stone for the Handwara Medical College, a Rs 46-crore steel girder bridge over the Ferozepur Nallah in Baramulla district and road projects worth Rs 4,000 crore, among others.
The home minister, who is on his Jammu and Kashmir visits third day, said that those who advocate talks with Islamabad and separatists should be asked what has Pakistan done in Pakistan-occupied Jammu Kashmir (PoJK).
Compare the development between this side and PoJK. Do they have electricity, roads, healthcare, and toilets. There is nothing (on the other side). You (Kashmiris) have the same rights as any other Indian, he said.
Without naming the Congress, the National Conference, and the Peoples Democratic Party, he said while only three medical colleges were set up by the three families which have ruled Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ensured seven new medical colleges and these are coming up.
Earlier, 500 youths could become doctors now 2,000 youths can become doctors from these new medical colleges. Nobody will need to go to Pakistan to study medicine, he said.
Shah said the schemes and the plans of the Modi government will ensure that Jammu and Kashmir will be the most developed province of the country.
He sought the cooperation of the people to realise this dream. It is only the youth of Jammu and Kashmir who can work towards achieving this goal, he said.
Asserting that the government is aiming to wipe out terrorism from Jammu and Kashmir and put an end to civilian killings, Shah said nobody would be allowed to disrupt peace and development in the Union Territory, which has a special place in Prime Minister Modis heart.

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