Srinagar: The BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Wednesday pledged to carry forward policies of Atal Behari Vajpayee, BJP leader and former prime minister vis-à-vis Kashmir.
Addressing a rally at Hira Nagar in Jammu, Modi stated that the path shown by Vajpayee shall be followed with zeal and zest. He also promised that democracy and Kashmiriyat were the main priorities of Vajpayee during his stint as the prime minister of the country.
Modi stated that if the NDA government could have sustained for another term, the face of Kashmir would have been changed and the problems being faced by the people here would have ended.
Pertinently, Modi arrived in the state on Wednesday to pay obeisance at Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine. He later addressed the rally at Hira Nagar. This was the second rally of Modi in the state after being nominated as BJP’s prime ministerial candidate. (KNS)