It’s time to start a new era on positive note: Jitendra
SRINAGAR: Union minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday evening said it was Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who ensured selfrule and autonomy for the people of Jammu and Kashmir in right earnest by scrapping Article 370.
Self-rule was coined by the People’s Democratic Party of the Muftis and autonomy by the National Conference of the Abdullahs.
He said this while addressing a gathering as a part of public outreach programme in Jammu. “2019 was the year of atonement for the blunders committed in the past. After the struggle of three generations, it is time to start a new era on a positive note,” he added.
Meanwhile, minister of state for health and family welfare, Ashwani Kumar Choubey, said that the BJP did not discriminate on the basis of caste, creed, colour and religion.
“The BJP government was committed towards improving socio-economic condition of the poor strata of the society,” he added. He said so during a felicitation ceremony of ‘Ayushman Bharat’ in Jammu city on Saturday evening.
Minster of state for parliamentary affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal, who visited Purmandal in Samba district, talked to the people to know their problems and demands.
He said that a report of the demands will be compiled and in turn, projects in tandem with their needs will be launched.
The first group of the three Union ministers reached Jammu on Saturday evening after their flight was diverted to Srinagar from Jammu due to bad weather.