IIOJK will get statehood soon, says PM Modi

With General Elections in India are just around the corner, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the statehood of will be reinstated in occupied Kashmir soon.

He said that Assembly elections will be held after the statehood reinstatement.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader made the announcement while addressing a rally in Kashmir’s Udhampur.

“… The time is not far when Assembly Elections will be held in Jammu and Kashmir. Jammu and Kashmir will get the status of statehood. You will be able to share your dreams with your MLA and your ministers…” said Modi.

He further added that the upcoming Lok Sabha polls will take place in Jammu and Kashmir without the fear of terrorism, strikes, stone-pelting and cross-border firing.

“Please trust me, I will get rid of the problems plaguing Jammu and Kashmir for the last 60 years. I have fulfilled my promise as Jammu and Kashmir has completely transformed in the last 10 years,” he said.

Moreover, the Premier said that he had fulfilled his promise of putting an end to the long sufferings of the people of Kashmir and challenged the Congress and other opposition parties to bring back Article 370 of the Constitution.

Meanwhile, the All Parties Hurriyat Conference said that BJP-led Indian regime is using the Lok Sabha elections to hide its atrocities and mislead international community about the about the dire situation in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

As per APHC spokesman Advocate Abdul Rashid Minhas, about 1,100,000 troops has been deployed in the IIOJK treating civilians as enemies with a soldier-to-civilian ratio of 1:10.