Home Minister Amit Shah recalls ex-PM Jawaharlal Nehru's ‘blunder’ in Kashmir, praises PM Modi for correcting it

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday recalled the blunder" committed in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) by former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, while praising PM Narendra Modi for correcting it during his tenure..

Amit Shah said Jawaharlal Nehru made an error when he implemented Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, which was abrogated by PM Modi who also raised an Indian flag in the Union Territory..

Addressing the public rally in Jodhpur as the Lok Sabha elections near, Amit Shah said, "PM Modi has fulfilled all the promises that we made since the foundation of the BJP..

Amit Shah also blamed Jawaharlal Nehru for the part in Jammu and Kashmir which is currently occupied by Pakistan, saying because of these two blunders", Kashmir had to suffer for years"..

While replying to a debate on the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 and Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 in Lok Sabha, Amit Shah noted that Jawaharlal Nehru made "two blunders"-- declared a ceasefire without winning the entire Kashmir (during India-Pakistan war in 1948) and also took the Kashmir issue to the United Nations..

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