Leader of Opposition and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi is on a tour of Jammu and Kashmir today. Rahul said in Surankot that PM Modi's confidence has decreased. Today, whatever the opposition wants him to do, he does it. BJP fights brothers.
Narendra Modi, who used to have a 56-inch chest, is no longer the same. I stand against him in the Lok Sabha. I can clearly see that his confidence is gone. They bring laws, we stand against them, they are not able to pass laws.
After Surankot, Rahul will also hold a rally in Shalteng constituency of Srinagar. Here he will seek support for Congress state president Tariq Hameed Kara. The campaigning for the second phase of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections is ending today. Voting for 26 seats will be held on September 25.
3 big things from Rahul's speech…
1. BJP accused of spreading hatred
- BJP people spread hatred and violence 24 hours a day in Jammu and Kashmir and rest of the state. They know nothing else. They only know how to spread hate. His politics is also a politics of hate. You know, hate can't be cut with hate.
- These people work to share. Wherever they go, they talk of fighting, dividing one caste against another, one religion against another. These people also try to fight Gurjarbhai. His project will fail. We will move forward with everyone and give everyone their rights.
- Hate can only be cut through love. So this is a battle of ideologies, on one side there are people who spread hate, on the other side there are people who spread love. Our message is that hatred does not benefit anyone. In the market of hate we opened a shop of love in every state.
2. On confidence of PM
- We have broken Modiji's psychology. It is clear on his face that Narendra Modi who was earlier is no more. During the election he said, I am not biological, meaning my direct connection is above, I speak directly. This shows that his confidence is broken.
3. Demand for statehood to Jammu and Kashmir
- For the first time in India, a union territory has been converted into a state. It has happened several times that a union territory has been converted into a state. The state is also divided into two parts. Chhattisgarh was removed from Madhya Pradesh. Jharkhand was created from Bihar, but for the first time a state was made a UT.
- Your democratic rights have been taken away from you. This has happened for the first time in history. We demand that once again you are given the right to statehood. Demonetisation, implementation of wrong GST. They eliminated small traders. Due to which no employment is available anywhere in India. Similar is the situation in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Today outsiders make decisions here. You have no voice in running your government. Your government runs from Delhi. We wanted you to get statehood before elections. After the election we will put full pressure on you to get statehood.
Out of 90 seats, Congress is contesting on 32 seats, NC on 51 seats
Elections are being held in three phases in Jammu and Kashmir. Voting in the first phase has been held on September 18. Voting will be held in the second phase on September 25 and in the last phase on October 1. Counting of votes will be conducted on October 8. Congress and National Conference have formed an alliance in Kashmir. Out of 90 seats, NC is contesting in 51 seats and Congress in 32 seats.
5 seats will have a friendly fight. CPI(M) and Panthers Party got 2 seats. Congress has finalized the names of 40 star campaigners. It also includes names of Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia and Priyanka.
BJP is contesting in 62 out of 90 seats.
BJP has announced candidates for 62 out of 90 seats in Jammu and Kashmir. BJP has fielded candidates on all 43 seats of Jammu division. The party is contesting 19 out of 47 seats in Kashmir. In the remaining 28 seats, the BJP will support independent candidates.
Assembly elections will be held in Jammu and Kashmir after 10 years
Assembly elections are going to be held in Jammu and Kashmir after 10 years. This is the first assembly election after the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019. Jammu and Kashmir has 90 assembly constituencies, of which 7 are reserved for Scheduled Castes and 9 for Scheduled Tribes.
In the 2014 assembly elections, BJP won 25 seats. Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won 28 seats, Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (NC) 15 seats and Congress 12 seats.
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