Modi echoes Vajpayee,swears by Insaniyat,Kashmiriyat and Jumhooriyat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday reached out to youth of Jammu and Kashmir and invoked his predecessor Atal Bihari Vajpayee and the late chief minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed for “peace and development” in the state still reeling under a fresh bout of violence that saw five people dead in alleged shootings by security forces.
Addressing a public meeting in a town near here, Modi remembered former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, saying nobody was perhaps as “emotionally attached to Jammu and Kashmir as Vajpayee”.
“His slogan of ‘insaaniyat’ (humanity), ‘jumhooriyat’ (democracy) and ‘Kashmiriyat’ (composite Kashmir culture) is and shall continue to be our guiding spirit for development and peace in Jammu and Kashmir,” said Modi, after inaugurating a sports complex and a super-specialty hospital set up by the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board at Kakryal near Katra — the town at the base of the famed hill temple.
Modi also remembered Sayeed, who died in a Delhi hospital in January, and said people of the state needed “quick paced” and “all inclusive” development as was the late chief minister’s dream.
“We remember Mufti Sahab. He spent years in public life. He had such a long political career and vision. One thing was always on his mind: To narrow down physical and psychological distances between Jammu and the valley,” Modi said, referring to the gulf between the Muslim-dominated Kashmir Valley and the largely Hindu-populated Jammu region.
Modi in his address after opening the health and sports facilities urged youth of the state to “dream to do something, and not to become someone” and take active part in sports.
“I will not wish that more people should be admitted to this hospital. But it would be my prayer that more people go to the sports complex to ensure they stay away from the hospital,” he said.

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