Union Home Minister Amit Shah asked terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday to give up arms and come forward for talks with the government, while reiterating that there will be no dialogue or cross-border trade with Pakistan.Ahead of the third and final phase of polling in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election next week, Shah addressed five rallies in poll-bound Assembly segments on Thursday and launched a scathing attack on the Congress, NC and PDP, accusing these parties of providing protection to terrorism over the last three decades.
Promising a terror-free Jammu and Kashmir under the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) regime, Shah, who is spearheading the saffron party’s poll campaign, alleged that the National Conference-Congress alliance would implement Pakistan’s agenda if it comes to power in the Union Territory.
At his back-to-back rallies in the Chenani and Udhampur Assembly segments in Udhampur district, Bani and Jasrotia in Kathua district and Marh in Jammu district, the home minister said terrorism has been buried by the BJP under the ground after the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution and it will not be allowed to stage a comeback.
The first phase of polling was held on September 18, followed by the second phase on September 25. The third phase, covering 40 seats in Jammu, Udhampur, Samba, Kathua and the north Kashmir districts of Kupwara, Baramulla and Bandipora, is scheduled to be held on October 1.