Modi-Shah gave 'purna swaraj' to India: Guj CM

August 15, 2019 17:35

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Thursday said that while Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel gave 'swaraj' (independence) to the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah gave 'purna swaraj' (complete independence) to India.

He was referring to the Modi government's move of abrogating Article 370, which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, and dividing the state into two Union Territories.

"This year's Independence Day celebrations are historic because it came immediately after the Article 370 and 35-A were scrapped. This special status had fuelled separatism in that state. For seven decades, separatists supported and encouraged terrorism," Rupani said.

"As a result, over 41,000 innocent lives were lost and Kashmir was deprived of development all these years," he said.

He was speaking at the state's Independence Day function in Chhota Udepur town of central Gujarat.

"Two sons of Gujarat- Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel- realised our dream of 'swaraj' on August 15, 1947. Similarly, two sons of this soil, Narendra Modi and Amit Shah, realised every Indian's dream of having 'purna swaraj', by scrapping Articles 370 and 35-A," he said.

The Bharatiya Janata Party government in Gujarat is walking on the path shown by Gandhi, Sardar Patel, Modi and Shah for bringing 'surajya' (good governance) in the state, he said.

Rupani said his government has taken several concrete steps for the welfare of the society without keeping any bias on the basis of caste, religion or region. -- PTI

« Back to LIVE

TOP STORIES

Sensex tumbles 733 points amid broad-based selloff; Nifty slips from record

From the Sensex basket, Larsen & Toubro, Maruti, Reliance Industries, Nestle, Bharti Airtel, UltraTech Cement, Kotak Mahindra Bank and JSW Steel were among the major laggards. Bajaj Finance climbed nearly 1 per cent higher.

Chhattisgarh liquor scam: ED attaches assets of accused worth Rs 205 cr

The attached properties include 14 assets of Tuteja worth Rs 15.82 crore, 115 properties of Anwar Dhebar, the elder brother of Raipur Mayor and Congress leader Aijaz Dhebar, worth Rs 116.16 crore, properties of Vikash Agarwal alias Subbu...

Election Fever Grips India

Scenes from the election campaign...

'Fearless batting': Why 300 is possible in T20s...

Australia's legend Ricky Ponting said the Impact Player rule in the IPL has made the batters more fearless and stronger

Shahrukh gushes over KKR's 'Superman' and 'Fashionista'

From hitting massive sixes, to scoring tons of runs, to producing breakthroughs, charismatic all-rounder Sunil Narine has been KKRs' go-to man for more than a decade in the IPL, and co-owner Shah Rukh Khan was effusive in his praise for...