Nehru's 'Insertion' Of Article 370 Created Mess In Kashmir, Modi Resolved Problem: Amit Shah

Amit Shah said the Congress used to take a jibe at his party over the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya but now the work is going on.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah being welcomed by supporters (Source: File photo/AFP)

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday held India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru responsible for Kashmir issues and credited the Narendra Modi government for resolving them by scrapping Article 370. At an event organized to flag off BJP's 'Gaurav Yatra' in Gujarat, Shah said the Congress used to take a jibe at his party over the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya but now the work is going on.

“Due to the mistake of Jawaharlal Nehru, who inserted Article 370, Kashmir was in a mess... it could not be properly integrated with the rest of the country. Everybody wanted the removal of Article 370. Prime Minister Narendra Modi removed it in one stroke and completed integration of Kashmir with the country,” Shah said.

PM Modi, while addressing a gathering in Gujarat earlier this week, had also held Nehru responsible for the issues of Kashmir.

Speaking on the Ram temple in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya, Shah said the Congress used to make fun of the BJP with slogans like 'Mandir wahi banayenge lekin tithi nahi batayenge'. 

“The Congress used to taunt us with slogans like “mandir wahi banayenge, lekin tithi nahi batayenge (the temple will be built but can't say when),” Shah said.

"But the dates were declared, the ground-breaking ceremony was completed and a grand temple is coming up at the promised place," the Union minister pointed out.

The Modi government has developed important places of worship, Shah said.

“Visit Somnath, Dwarka, Kashi, Kedarnath or Ujjain. The Narendra Modi government has developed all places of worship, which during the Congress government were left to fend for themselves,” Shah said.

"Modi government adopted a tough stance on terrorism emanating from across the border," shah said while raising the issue of the 2016 surgical strikes and the 2019 airstrikes inside Pakistan.

“During the Congress-led UPA rule, Pakistan used to behead our soldiers and take away their heads. When our government came (in 2014) they tried to do the same thing. They forget this was not the government of 'Mouni Baba' (a reference to former PM Manmohan Singh). In a few days after terror incidents the Narendra Modi government responded with surgical strikes and airstrikes,” Shah said.