J K News Today
Jammu, December 26:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hailed the just concluded District Development Council polls in Jammu and Kashmir as the greatest milestone of democracy and said , he doesn’t requires lessons from those who subverted democracy for decades together.
In his address during the launch of the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) SEHAT scheme for the residents of Jammu and Kashmir which will benefit 21 lakh eligible people with free treatment up to Rs 5 lakh, PM Modi made these remarks.
“The people of J&K have voted for strengthening democracy in Jammu and Kashmir. People of all walks of life came out and voted for development in DDC elections. Jammu and Kashmir has won Mahatma Gandhi’s vision of ‘gram swaraj’,” he said.
“There was a time, we were a part of the Jammu and Kashmir government but we broke the alliance. Our issue was that the panchayat elections should be held and people be given their due rights to choose their representatives.”
PM Modi also took a swipe at Congress saying that a “big mistake” of those who were in power for decades in the country was ignoring development of border regions. “Border shelling has always been a matter of concern. The work on the construction of bunkers in borders areas including Samba, Poonch and Kathua is being done at a fast pace.”
“This is a historic day for J&K. Every people of J&K will get benefits of Ayushman Bharat scheme. I wanted to launch this scheme yesterday on the occasion of Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s birth anniversary. Atalji had a special connection with J&K, which is now prospering on his way of ‘Insaniyat, Jamhuriyat and Kashmiriyat,’” PM Modi said.
Lauding the leadership of PM Modi, lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha said 10 lakh 70,000 farmers have been benefitted by Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme. “From August last year, there has been a new wave of development in Jammu and Kashmir,” the L-G said listing out the new development projects in the Union Territory.
