Gains made by UPA nullified by Modi: Rahul

NEW DELHI: Breaking his silence on violence in Kashmir, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi said that the gains made by the UPA government in the state have been

NEW DELHI: Breaking his silence on violence in Kashmir, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi said that the gains made by the UPA government in the state have been lost by the Narendra Modi government.

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Speaking at an Eid Milan reception hosted by Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind chief Maulana Asad Madni here on Monday night, Gandhi said mishandling the situation had led to political turmoil in Kashmir valley.

“The gains made by UPA have been nullified by fatalistic policies of the Modi government,” he said. “When Manmohan Singh was PM, he focused on J&K and after years of toil we succeeded in restoring peace and normalcy in the state.”

Gandhi said he had conveyed his concern over growing unrest in Kashmir to finance minister Arun Jaitley when he met him regarding the GST bill a few months ago. “But Jaitley was dismissive of my views and claimed that the situation is well under control. I kept mum after his observations,” he said.