: Common people in Kashmir tired of terrorism: Singh #IndiaNEWS #National News New Delhi: Union Minister Jitendra Singh, on Sunday, said that the common people in Kashmir are tired of terrorism and

Common people in Kashmir tired of terrorism: Singh #IndiaNEWS #National News
New Delhi: Union Minister Jitendra Singh, on Sunday, said that the common people in Kashmir are tired of terrorism and are becoming increasingly aspirational for themselves and their children.

Delivering the first edition of ‘Kunwar Viyogi Annual Memorial Lecture’ of the University of Jammu on the ‘Way Forward Post Abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A in Jammu and Kashmir’, he said that terrorism is in its last phase in the region and terrorists on the run are hitting soft targets.

Singh, the Minister of State for Personnel, said that things are changing for the better each day and hoped for a new beginning from the next season.

He said that in the second term of the Modi government, the Prime Minister had called for giving Jammu and Kashmir similar kind of attention and focus as was being given to the Northeast.

Singh said, after a very long gap, there is almost equal distribution of central resources in Jammu and Kashmir divisions.

Referring to his speech in the Parliament during the abrogation of Article 370 provisions last year, when he had described it as a miscarriage of history and anomaly of the Constitution, Singh said that what was supposed to be a temporary feature remained permanent for 70 years, according to a statement issued by the Personnel Ministry.

He said that it was the vision and strong will of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the historic wrong was undone.

Singh said that even the prophets of doom, who argued that the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A would lead to bloodshed and violence, were proved wrong.

“On the other hand, the UT of J&K witnessed the most peaceful festive season, be it Holi, Muharram, Eid, Diwali, Republic Day or Independence Day,??? the Minister said.

Singh, the Lok Sabha member from Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur constituency, said that the people of the Union Territory are realising that in the name of special status and self-rule, it was in fact continuation of dynastic rule of three generations and autonomy was denied at the grassroots level by not holding panchayat elections.

He said that the panchayat elections were held under the new dispensation of Lieutenant Governor in Jammu and Kashmir, thus empowering the local people, the statement said.

Describing the Jammu and Kashmir Domicile Rules Notification as the dawn of a new era, Singh said that “history will vindicate us and prove that this course correction was in keeping with the principle of equality and the norms of a healthy democracy. ???

He said that three generations of people in Jammu and Kashmir had been denied the right to live with justice and dignity.

Singh said that the West Pakistan refugees and displaced persons from Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir have been restored their legitimate rights and a discrimination of several decades has been undone.