"PM Modi's Srinagar visit is to divert attention from real issues," says TMC MP Shatrughan Sinha
Mar 07, 2024
Asansol (West Bengal) [India], March 7 : TMC leader and MP from Asansol, Shatrughan Sinha on Thursday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his visit to Jammu and Kashmir and said that it was an attempt to "divert people's attention from real issues and encash Article 370."
While addressing a press conference in Asansol, he appreciated Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee saying that she works a lot for the welfare of all, adding further he said, "Mamata is the only lady chief minister of the country."
On being asked about the health funds allocated from the centre, he said that I am lucky that I have probably got more funds for cancer treatment than all the MPs across the country, due to which I have helped people.
Meanwhile, speaking to PM Modi's visit to Srinagar, former Chief Minister and leader of National Conference Farooq Abdullah said that PM Modi's visit is a matter of pride for all of us but if Article 370 was this bad, then how did the Union Territory make progress earlier?
"I am glad that PM visited Kashmir after five years. It is a moment of pride for all of us. This Dynastic rule is a kind of common voice I heard also in the Parliament. In every speech that PM makes he makes a particular target on it. If Article 370 was this bad, I would like the Prime Minister to re-hear the speech made in the Rajya Sabha by the then Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad in which he compared two seats. He compared Gujarat and Jammu and Kashmir in terms of progress when Article 370 was there," he said.
"Now, if Article 370 and nepotism are responsible, then how did we make that progress? It is the people's rule, I lost the election as a chief minister. So, where is the dynastic rule?" Farooq Abdullah asked. The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference also pointed out that when Article 370 was there, education from the level of primary schools to universities was free.
Notably, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday inaugurated initiatives worth nearly Rs 5,000 crore for boosting the agri-economy in Jammu and Kashmir. during his maiden visit to the Valley since the abrogation of Article 370 by his government.
The Centre-led by Prime Minister Modi abrogated the provisions of Article 370 on August 5, 2019 and bifurcated the erstwhile state into the Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
