'Parties You Trusted Did Not Care About...': PM Modi Tells Voters in J&K's Doda | Top Quotes

Jammu: Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the election campaign for Jammu and Kashmir by addressing a mega rally in Doda district on Saturday. Launching a blistering attack on other political parties that have ruled the disputed region before, Prime Minister Modi said that once elected to power, his govt will change the fate of the union territory whose "youth have been suffering with terrorism" as the parties they trusted only “promoted pariwarwad” and "misled" the people of Jammu and Kashmir. PM Modi was addressing the election rally in the Jammu region in support of BJP candidates. 

 Highlighting a change in the UT after the BJP govt came to power, the PM said terrorism is taking its last breath in Jammu and Kashmir where his government projected a new leadership to counter dynastic politics which has "destroyed this beautiful region”.

PM Modi also asserted that it is his govt's "resolve to provide better education and better treatment to the poorest of the poor families." He also emphasised on govt's plan to boost rail connectivity from the UT to the national capital.

Here are the top quotes of PM Modi:

• While addressing the historic rally, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “This time the elections of Jammu Kashmir is going to decide the fate of J&K. Since independence, our beloved J&K has been targeted by foreign powers. After this, 'pariwarwad' started hollowing this beautiful state.”
• "The political parties you trusted here did not care about your children. Those political parties only promoted their own children. Youth of J&K have been suffering with terrorism and the parties promoting 'pariwarwad' were having fun by misleading you. These people have never allowed new leaders to emerge anywhere in J&K. You also know that panchayat elections were not held here after 2000," he added.
• "...You remember that time when an undeclared curfew was imposed here as the day ended...The situation was such that even the Home Minister of the Congress government at the Centre was afraid of going to Lal Chowk...Terrorism is taking its breath in Jammu and Kashmir now," the Prime Minister said while speaking about previous situation in the UT. 
• "Will work thrice as hard, together we will make J-K prosperous; this is Modi's guarantee," PM Modi said at election rally in Doda.
• "Political dynasties projected their children, did not let new leadership grow," PM Modi while leading BJP 's charge in Doda.
• "We focused on carving out young leadership in J-K soon after we came to power at Centre in 2014," the PM said.
• "There is fight between new leadership and dynasties of Cong, PDP and NC; these dynasties destroyed J-K," said PM Modi.
• "Terrorism breathing its last in Jammu and Kashmir,"  said PM Modi at election rally.

This was the first visit by a prime minister to Doda district in the last 42 years. This was the first election rally by the Prime Minister ahead of the first phase of Assembly polls scheduled on September 18. 

BJP to Contest 43 Seats

BJP is fighting for all 43 assembly seats in the Jammu division. In the last J&K Assembly, BJP had 25 MLAs. Voting in the J&K elections has been planned in three phases on September 18, September 25, and October 1 while the counting of votes will take place on October 8. This will mark the first Assembly election in J&K in last 10 years, and the first since the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A.