However, he steered clear of long pending dispute regarding Jammu and Kashmir.
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“Whenever Kashmir is in pain, i feel the same pain, ” he said, while adding, “I did not celebrate my birthday as my friends in Kashmir were in distress due to the floods”. This is just the beginning.
Jammu and Kashmir’s former chief minister tweeted after Modi announced an economic package of Rs.800,000 million for the state: “PM has made the same mistake of weighing the Kashmir issue in rupees and paise”. She said take this money for the flood-affected people of Kashmir. “This is to underline that Kashmir dispute is not about terrorism but rights and broken promises of New Delhi”, said a spokesperson of Geelani’s group.
He said that India’s reluctance towards the peaceful resolution of Kashmir dispute will affect the whole South Asian region and urged world community to help in the peaceful resolution of dispute which is key to progress of South Asian region.
In his second public rally in Kashmir after becoming the Prime Minister, Modi announced the package and said this is not a full stop as “our hearts are also open for you”. In his address at the Sher-e-Kashmir stadium in Srinagar, Shri Narendra Modi recalled former Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s message of Kashmiriyat, Jamhooriyat, Insaniyat.
“Education, human resource, agriculture sector, health sector, road network are needed in the state…the government has decided a package of Rs80,000 crore for Jammu and Kashmir. It is the state government’s domain, but they must have had good reasons for doing this”, he said.
On Wednesday, the police detained Independent MLA and lawmaker Engineer Rashid in northern Kashmir when he was addressing various public meetings and urged people not to attend the rally of PM Modi and stage protests on that day.
Modi said, “You stand on your feet as today in Delhi there is a government which is living for you and wants to do something for you but you have to come forward”.
“There should be a model of development in the state which should provide employment to the youth”.
Modi, during his talks with visiting Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao, also highlighted opportunities in Railways, smart cities, infrastructure and urban transport for cooperation between India and China, a PMO release said.
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Early morning, mobile internet services in Kashmir Valley were blocked as a precautionary measure in view of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally.
