Amit Shah attacks Jawaharlal Nehru, claims ‘blunder’ in Jammu and Kashmir

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Amit Shah also praised PM Modi for laying the foundation stone for Ayodhya's Ram Temple...

Jodhpur: Congress icon and former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru had committed a blunder by implementing Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, union home minister Amit Shah said on Monday at an election rally in Rajasthan's Jodhpur..

He lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi for putting an end to the controversial law and raising the Indian flag in Kashmir.X)..

Amit Shah's mention of Nehru came on a day when external affairs minister S Jaishankar accused the former prime minister of considering the Katchatheevu island a nuisance..

Last year, in the Lok Sabha, Amit Shah said Nehru had committed two major blunders in the erstwhile state -- declaring a ceasefire without winning entire Kashmir (during India-Pakistan war in 1948) and taking the dispute with Pakistan to the United Nations..

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