Jammu:Honorable Union Minister of Home and Cooperation Shri Amit Shah today addressed a massive rally in Jammu. Speaking at the rally Shri Shah said that every vote cast in favor of a BJP candidate will help make Modi ji the prime minister for the third term. Every time a BJP worker steps into Jammu and Kashmir he gets goosebumps because it is the place for which Shyama Prasad Mukherjee raised the slogan that there can be no two flags, no two premiers and no two constitutions in one nation. When we came here before 2014 we raised the slogan as our demand but today we are raising the same slogan as our achievement because we have now already abolished Article 370. Prime Minister Narendra Modi realized the goal for which Shyama Prasad Mukherjee made supreme sacrifice and Prem Nath Dogra continued the movement.
The Jammu and Kashmir people have benefited the most from the Narendra Modi government. There was a time when we could not even imagine holding such a massive rally here. There used to be stone pelting, there were calls for shutdown from Pakistan and the evil shadow of Article 370 kept the entire Jammu and Kashmir under darkness. Today Article 370 is not in force, terrorism is breathing the last and the youths that were pelting stones have laptops in their hands. In Jammu and Kashmir, people suffered injustice. Our Valmiki brothers, the women, the OBCs and the Gurjar brothers and sisters too did not get reservations. But the Narendra Modi government gave justice to all. The NC and the PDP used to scare the Gurjar Bakarwals that their reservations would be curtailed and given to the Pahadis. I said in the Parliament that we would give justice to our Pahadi brothers without curtailing the benefits of the Gurjars. Modi Ji has given reservations to all of them.
The Modi government has fulfilled the demands of the armed forces by giving them one rank-one pension. In Jammu and Kashmir today we have 4 medical colleges, 14 nursing colleges, 7 paramedical colleges, one IIT, one IIM, and AIIMs in Vijjaypur and Cancer Hospital in Bakshinangar, 25 new degrees colleges, and 2 engineering colleges. Earlier students from Jammu and Kashmir used to go to other states for education. But now students from other states are coming to Jammu and Kashmir. This change has been brought by Narendra Modi Ji. Today 18 industrial estates have been started in Jammu, thousands and crores of investments have come, 34 Amrut schemes and 104 smart city projects have been planned. Jammu has also received the first installment of e-buses in Jammu and as many as 75 e-buses have been sent. Delhi-Amritsar-Katra road is being built, the Jamodi-Dharamshala tunnel is under progress, and 90% of the work for the semi ring road has also been completed. The Modi government is spending more than Rs. 30,000 crore to build hydropower projects. Jammu-Poonch four-lane highway is being built, a flyover has reduced traffic jams and an artificial lake in the Tavi river has spurred tourism. The biggest tunnel in the world over 11 kms is being built in Jammu. We are also developing the airports, suchetgarh border post is being developed along the lines of Wagah. Soon train service will start from Jammu and Kashmir and the world's longest train route connecting Kashmir to Kanyakumari will also be started here. We have increased the budget by four times.
Mehbooba Mufti used to say that if Article 370 was removed there would be no one to lift the Tiranga. But she does not know that our Tirnaga is immortal. Similarly, Farukh Abdullah used to say that Modi cannot remove Article 370 even if he becomes prime minister 10 times. But Modi Ji did it in his second term. Due to the abrogation of women now having rights, women have rights over ancestral property, sc st and OBC have reservations and the vibrant village program has benefitted the people. Make Modi Ji the Prime Minister for the third term and we will make the border villages developed like Jammu.
The NC, PDP and the Congress made democracy defunct in Jammu and Kashmir. They did not allow the panchayat election to take place. But Modi Ji has taken democracy to the grassroots by holding panchayat elections paving the way for 40,000 panchayat members to get elected. They took away your rights and we gave you all the rights. Today, the Sufi culture is flourishing again, Kheer Bhawani Mela is being celebrated with pomp and show, and the pilgrims are visiting Vaishno Devi and Amarnath. These parties have always insulted the Dogri language, and dishonored Maharaja Hari Singh. But the Modi government has announced a holiday on his birthday and showed honor to the Maharaja. When Atal Ji became prime minister the Dogri language was included in the eighth schedule and Modi Ji made it the official language.
Now Jammu and Kashmir has the Tiranga as its flag, Kashmiri, Hindi Dogri, Urdu and English have become official languages, the Lakhanpur toll tax has stopped, women have got 33% reservation in assembly, Right to Education Act, Forest Act, SC- ST Prevention of Atrocities Act, Whistleblower Protection Act, Juvenile Justice Act, Minority Commission, we have rolled them out. Whether it is Pashmina, apples or handicrafts Modi Ji has made them world famous and given Geo tagging to them giving youths and women employment. Only in Jammu and Kashmir 2 lakh women have been made Lakhpati Didis.
In Jammu and Kashmir 6 lakh such Lakhpati didis will be made. Modi Ji has decided that every elderly will get the benefit Ayushman Bharat scheme and gas will be supplied through pipe. They are spreading false propaganda that we are going to capture Jammu and Kashmir. We are not the ones who capture but the ones who win hearts. We are not in a hurry. When we get the affection of the people lotus will bloom even in the valley. I want to appeal to the people of the valley to vote for whichever party you want but do not vote for the three dynastic parties. Farukh, Mehbooba and Sonia Gandhi work for their sons and daughters and not for you all. Now two crore tourists visit Jammu and Kashmir. Elect Modi Ji for the third term it will increase to three crores. It is a Modi guarantee. There should be no doubt that there will be election on the date fixed by the Supreme Court.