BJP shapes electoral narrative around Article 370 in J&K

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is shaping its poll narrative around the positive impacts of abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, as its senior leader Jugal Kishore Sharma filed the nomination papers for the Jammu constituency on Saturday.

Union Minister Anurag Thakur accompanied Mr. Sharma, who is seeking a third term in Parliament, to the Deputy Commissioner’s office. Later, Mr. Thakur led a roadshow in the city and set the party’s tone for the upcoming election.

“J&K has a special place in the heart of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. By abrogating articles 370 and 35A, he has ended stone pelting and terrorism in the State. Terrorismrelated incidents have come down by 75%, killings of locals have gone down by 81% and killing of security forces have also decreased by 50%. This is all possible because of a strong govern

Senior leader Jugal Kishore Sharma filed nomination papers for the Jammu Lok Sabha constituency on Saturday

ment at the Centre,” Union Minister said.

Highlighting the postAugust 5, 2019 development projects in Jammu and Kashmir like “IIT, IIM, 11 medical colleges, Vande Bharat train, four lane highways and six lane expressway”, Mr. Thakur said the Union Territory has treaded a developmental path helmed by the Modi government.

Tarun Chugh, another senior BJP leader, underlined that the movie, Article shows how J&K was turned into a terror industry via Article 370. “However, under PM Modi’s leadership, Article 370 and Article 35(A) were revoked and J&K has been brought to the path of development, and it has now been turned into a tourism capital,” Mr. Chugh said. the