The gains made by the UPA in Jammu and Kashmir have been lost by the Narendra Modi government, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has said.
The gains made by the previous Congress-led UPA government have been nullified by the “fatalistic policies” of the Modi government, Mr. Gandhi said here on Monday night.
Speaking at an Eid Milan reception hosted by Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind chief Maulana Asad Madni here, he said that mishandling the situation in the Kashmir Valley had led to political turmoil.
Mr. Gandhi’s remarks came amid street protests in the Valley following the death of a top militant. The Monday event was attended by, among others, Shard Yadav (JD-U), Sitaram Yachuri and Mohd Salim (CPI-M). Mr. Gandhi said that when Manmohan Singh was the Prime Minister, he focused on Jammu and Kashmir and after years of toil “we succeeded in restoring peace and normalcy in the militancy-hit State.”
