Chenani, Sep 26: Senior BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday rubbished claims of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah of restoring Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood, saying that “neither you nor your three generations can do the same”.
He also promised to increase the limit of the golden card for free health treatments from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh and assistance from Rs 6,000 to Rs 10,000.
Citing that the former Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde had revealed that he was afraid to visit Lal Chowk, Union Minister Shah, highlighting the changed security scenario in the state, said, now anybody can go there.
“Lal Chowk is now celebrating Muharram, Janmashtami with fervour and no untoward incident is being reported,” he said.
He promised an international airport in Jammu, a water sports facility in Ranjit Sagar dam, Rs 3,000 to college students as travel allowance, laptops and tablets to children up to higher secondary level.
The Union Minister said: “Udhampur will become a pharmaceutical hub, we will form a hill development board for speedy development of hilly areas in Jammu division.”
