Srinagar, Nov 7: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced a package of Rs 80,000 crore for Jammu and Kashmir and pledged to transform it into a new, modern, progressive and prosperous state for which there will no dearth of money.
Recalling the words of the former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee–“Kashmiriyat, Jamhooriyat aur Insaniyat’ (social consciousness and cultural values of the Kashmiri people, democracy, and humanity), he said that he will follow these three mantras which are the pillars of development of Kashmir.
In his second public rally in Kashmir after becoming the Prime Minister, Modi announced the package and said that this is not a full stop as “our hearts are also open for you.
He said his government announces Rs 80,000 crore package to the state which will be helpful in turning the state’s fate.
Modi, during the public meeting, was flanked by Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and Jitendra Singh and PDP President Mehbooba Mufti.
The Prime Minister said that the youth of the state needed employment and assured the Mufti Sayeed-led PDP-BJP alliance that the Centre was standing rock solid behind it in its endeavour to restore normalcy in the state.
