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| Give Me a Chance, Will Show you |
| Give Me a Chance, Will Show you Acche Din: PM Modi in Kashmir
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| INDIA
, 8-December-2014
5:44:24 AM |
| Campaigning in Kashmir in the shadow of serial terror attacks, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today reached out to a large crowd in Srinagar invoking Atal Bihari Vajpayee's famous words - "Insaaniyat, Kashmiriyat and Jamhooriyat (humanity, the essence of being a Kashmiri, democracy)."
As he quoted from the former prime minister's speech in 2003 - from the same venue - PM Modi also claimed, in what was seen as a slip, that it was the "first time since 1983" that anyone had dared to address a rally at the Sher-e-Kashmir cricket stadium in Srinagar.
"Atal Bihari Vajpayee made a beginning... it's my duty to carry his legacy forward. I will try my best to bring acche din (good days) for you here," Mr Modi, dressed in a traditional Kashmiri Phiran, told cheering crowds.
"Give me a chance, I will end corruption here," he added.
On his sixth visit to the state in six months, the Prime Minister addressed two rallies on Monday - the first was in Samba in Jammu - while campaigning for staggered state polls. The third round of voting will be held on Tuesday.
"I promise to fulfil your dreams. I will give back your love with interest, I will give you development," he said in Samba, where he paid tribute to Kashmiris for "defeating the bullet with the ballot."
PM Modi's reference to the army's recent apology after the recent killing of two teenagers may be controversial.
"Since independence, 33,000 policemen have died protecting civilians in this state. But for the first time in 30 years, the Army admitted its mistake. This was under the BJP rule," the Prime Minister said.
"If the army has done anything wrong, my government will not be forgiving," he said.
On Friday, 12 soldiers and a civilian died when terrorists struck in Srinagar, Uri, Tral and Shopian, in what PM Modi called an attack on democracy.
The worst attack took place in Uri, where terrorists sneaked into an army camp and killed eight soldiers and three policemen. In Srinagar,
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