Taking to X, Shah said, “The Modi government ended years of discrimination against Dalits, tribes, Pahadis, and backward communities by granting them reservations after the abrogation of Article 370 and 35A.”
“Does Rahul Gandhi support the JKNC manifesto, which calls for abolishing reservations for Dalits, Gujjars, Bakerwals, and Pahadis?” he asked.
“After allying with the National Conference, he should now clarify the Congress Party‘s stance on reservation policy,” he added.
The home minister also accused the Congress party of ‘risking the nation’s unity and security to satiate its greed for power’ and posed 10 questions for Rahul Gandhi and his party.
“The Congress party, which has repeatedly risked the nation’s unity and security to satiate its greed for power, has once again exposed its ulterior motives by allying with the Abdullah family’s National Conference in the Jammu and Kashmir elections,” he said.
- Does the Congress support the National Conference’s promise of a separate flag for Jammu and Kashmir?
- Do Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party support the JKNC’s decision to restore Article 370 and 35A, and thereby push Jammu and Kashmir back into an era of unrest and terrorism?
- Does the Congress support promoting separatism again by engaging in dialogue with Pakistan instead of Kashmir’s youth?
- Do the Congress party and Rahul Gandhi support the National Conference’s decision to start ‘LoC Trade’ with Pakistan, thereby nurturing terrorism and its ecosystem across the border?
- Does Congress support reinstating relatives of those involved in terrorism and stone-pelting into government jobs, thereby bringing back terrorism, extremism, and the era of strikes?
- The alliance has exposed the Congress party’s anti-reservation stance. Does Congress support the JKNC’s promise to end reservations for Dalits, Gujjars, Bakarwals, and Pahadi communities, thereby inflicting injustice upon them?
- Does the Congress want ‘Shankaracharya Hill,’ to be known as ‘Takht-e-Suleiman,’ and ‘Hari Hill’ as ‘Koh-e-Maran’?
- Does the Congress support the politics of pushing Jammu and Kashmir’s economy back into corruption and handing it over to selected Pakistan-supported families?
- Does the Congress party support the JKNC’s politics of discrimination between Jammu and the Valley?
- Do the Congress party and Rahul Gandhi support the JKNC’s divisive politics of granting autonomy to Kashmir?.
BJP leader Smriti Irani also launched a scathing attack against Congress and termed the NC-Congress alliance as ‘an unholy alliance which came together to pursue power.’
“An unholy alliance came together to pursue power. The Congress party and the National Conference came together and announced an alliance that has raised many questions. The National Conference speaks of a different flag. Does the Congress party support the national conference’s promise of a separate flag for J&K? The National Conference has publicly announced that they will reinstate Article 370 and Article 35A,” she said.
“Does the Congress party support the national conference agenda of breaking India? The National Conference speaks about LoC trade while Pakistan continues to nurture terrorism…Does the Congress party support the Pakistani agenda that has been pronounced on many platforms of creating unrest in J&K?” she asked.
“Does the Congress party support the dangerous, divisive politics of the National Conference of giving autonomy to Kashmir? Congress party needs to answer if the national conference’s agenda of restoration of Article 370 is acceptable to them. Does it also mean that the Congress party stands against reservation?… The unholy alliance gives rise to many questions. Not only the people of J&K but the entire nation await the answers from the Congress party,” she added.
Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir will be held in three phases on September 18, 25, and October 1. The results will be announced on October 4.
The Election Commission has issued a notification for the first phase of assembly seats, covering 24 seats. This is the first assembly poll in Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370.