NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said separatism had become history in Kashmir and the unifying policies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government had tossed separatism out of Jammu and Kashmir.
“Two organisations associated with the Hurriyat have announced the severing of all ties with separatism. I welcome this step towards strengthening Bharat’s unity and urge all such groups to come forward and shed separatism once and for all. It is a big victory for PM Shri @narendramodi Ji’s vision of building a developed, peaceful and unified Bharat,” he said on X.
On March 21, while addressing the Rajya Sabha, Shah had said year 2004, when the NDA government exited power, saw 1587 incidents in J&K whereas 2024 saw 85.
“Civilian deaths were 733 in 2004 and 26 in 2024; security personnel deaths were 331 in 2004 and 31 in 2024. Between 2004 and 2014 the number of terror incidents plummeted from 7217 to 2242 and deaths by 70%. Between 2010 to 2014, organised stone pelting cases averaged 2654 annually and there were 112 deaths, organised strikes averaged 132 a year. In 2024 there were none,” he said.
“The Modi government ruthlessly sacked and weeded out relatives of terrorists who were enjoying government jobs. Today sympathisers of terrorists in the Bar Council are in jails of Delhi and Srinagar. Also there was a time when terrorists were glorified. No more. Today they are buried where they die,” Shah added.
The Home Minister argued that the abrogation of Article 370 from the Constitution enabled J&K’s full integration with India and was the source of separatism.