{"id":39403,"date":"2021-08-10T21:37:52","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T16:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/?p=39403"},"modified":"2021-08-10T21:37:52","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T16:07:52","slug":"jk-facing-direct-assault-from-new-delhi-rahul-gandhi-in-sgr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=39403","title":{"rendered":"J&K facing \u2018direct assault\u2019 from New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi in Sgr"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Statehood in full should be restored forthwith; Elections be held in free and fair manner; My fight against PM Modi\u2019s divisive policies to continue, I am not allowed to speak in Parliament; Congress believes in love, honour, not hatred; will visit Jammu, Ladakh soon<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Srinagar, Aug 10:<\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong><\/span>Stating that J&K was \u201cfacing direct assault from New Delhi\u201d, All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary Rahul Gandhi Tuesday said and the Government of India should restore full statehood to J&K and conduct the elections in a free and fair manner.<\/em><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Rahul, who arrived in Kashmir on a two-day sojourn, also said that he is fighting against Prime Minister Narendera Modi and his policies of \u201cdividing India\u201d and he will continue his fight till he wins. Addressing a gathering at the newly constructed J&K Congress headquarters at Moulana Azad Road here, Rahul said today there is not the assault on J&K only but other parts of India also like Tamil Nadu, Bengal and other States. \u201cBut one thing is clear that J&K is under direct assault from New Delhi while other parts are facing an indirect attack,\u201d Rahul thundered from the pulpit, as per news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO).<\/em><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

He said the Congress party has a clear stand for J&K. \u201cStatehood should be restored in full and there should be Assembly polls in a free, fair and transparent manner,\u201d Rahul said.<\/em><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Replying to senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad\u2019s suggestion regarding seeking a bill in the parliament to press for restoration of Statehood for J&K, Rahul said: \u201c I am not allowed to speak in the parliament. I can\u2019t speak about Raffle, unemployment and corruption. They (BJP) have attacked judiciary, Lok Sabha and even the voice of media stands muzzled. Journalists can\u2019t write what they want to.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

He said that when there was a Congress government in J&K, major schemes like Udaan were launched and Panchayat polls were held.\u201d \u201cWe brought experts to Kashmir University and sent Kashmiri youth to other states of India. But they (BJP) attacked this process too,\u201d he said.<\/em><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Rahul said that he can feel the pain of people of J&K. \u201cMy message to you is that I am with you to build a relationship based on love and honour. I am fighting against PM Modi. My fight is against Modi\u2019s ideology and violence he is preaching besides his mission of breaking India. I will continue to fight till victory,\u201d the Congress leader said as per KNO<\/em><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

He said J&K people have an age-old culture of love, honour and whatever \u201cyou want to do for people of J & K should be based on love and honour.\u201d \u201cIf you start your hatred for people of J&K, nothing can be achieved, \u201cRahul said in an obvious reference to BJP. He said earlier, during Covid and post abrogation of Article 370, he tried to visit J&K, but was denied all the time,\u201d he said.<\/em><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Rahul said that he has a Kashmir connection as his ancestors were living in Valley. \u201cToday, my family lives in Delhi, before that they were living in Allahabad and before that, they were living in Kashmir. So I have inherited a tinge of Kashmiriyat that lies inside me,\u201d he said. Rahul who is also the Congress MP said he will visit Jammu and Ladakh very soon. Earlier, Rahul visited Mata Kheerbhawani Temple in Tulmulla, Ganderbal and Hazratbal shrine to pay obeisance<\/em>\u2014(KNO)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Statehood in full should be restored forthwith; Elections be held in free and fair manner; My fight against PM Modi\u2019s divisive policies to continue, I am not allowed to speak in Parliament; Congress believes in love, honour, not hatred; will visit Jammu, Ladakh soon Srinagar, Aug 10: Stating that J&K was \u201cfacing direct assault from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39402,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-union-territory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}