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Tamilisai hails Modi as modern Iron Man of India
The state BJP on Monday celebrated the scrapping of special status to Kashmir and termed the introduction of two bills in the Rajya Sabha as a historical feat. BJP state unit president Tamilisai Soundararajan termed the development as a bold step by the BJP leadership and termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the modern Iron Man of India.
Chennai
Even the opposition parties like BSP, Aam Admi, and Telugu Desam Party has welcomed the move by the Union government. When political leaders like Arvind Kejriwal and Chandra Babu Naidu have welcomed the amendments, the opposition parties in TN fail to understand the issue, she said.
DMK leader MK Stalin is opposing the BJP’s bill without a valid reason and he should explain to the public on why Kashmir should be always treated as a special state without the national integration. Due to the militarised state of Jammu and Kashmir, India has been spending close to 10 per cent of its revenue on Kashmir when the state’s overall population is less than one of per cent of India. Now Kashmir is like another state in India and this move will bring in more development and help the public to purchase and register properties in Kashmir.
“It was because of our former Deputy Prime Minister Sardar Vallabhai Patel India was more unified and this measure should be a seen as a similar corrective measure by the Modi – Amit Shah led government,” Tamilisai told reporters.
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