SRINAGAR Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that his government will break the backbone of militancy in Kashmir and will give a befitting response to every militant.
“I assure all the youths of Jammu and Kashmir and the country that the government will give a befitting response (‘muhtod jawab’) to every militant We will break the backbone of militancy in the state,” Modi said while addressing a function here.
“Today the whole country is angry to see the killings of innocent and armless Kashmiri youths. (They are targeted) because these youths want to live and fulfil their dreams. But they are targeted by militants. This is the truth of militancy here,” he said.
Modi said the surgical strike has showed to the world India’s new policy and tradition to check militancy, and the government will fight militancy with all its might.
The prime minister said the development of people of Jammu and Kashmir and that of the state is the priority of the central government.
Modi assured all that his government will follow late prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s dream of peaceful and prosperous Kashmir with the motto of “sabka saath, sabka vikaas” (collective efforts, inclusive growth).
“We will keep making all the efforts (to realise this dream),” he said.
The prime minister laid foundation stones of various development work in Srinagar region worth Rs 7,000 crore.
He also inaugurated a rural Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) in Bandipore.
This BPO will enhance employment opportunities for the Kashmiri youths, he said.
The prime minister also inaugurated a multipurpose indoor sports facility at Sephora, Ganderbal, among other projects.
Earlier in the day, Modi interacted with students from different states of the country from Sringar.
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