"Committed To J&K Having Its Own Chief Minister": PM Modi On Independence Day - NDTV
PM Modi delivered his seventh consecutive Independence Day speech todayPrime Minister Narendra Modi said today that elections could soon be held in Jammu and Kashmir, pending completion of the ongoing delimitation process, and that his government was "committed" to ensuring the union territory had "its own chief minister and ministers".
We are committed to this," PM Modi said during his speech - a seventh straight Independence Day address and a second since the BJP-led NDA swept to power in last year's general election.
This is also the PM's second Independence Day speech since his government withdrew special status from J&K and bifurcated the former state into two union territories.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah later pointed out that no bloodshed had taken place and "not one bullet had been fired".
Prime Minister Modi's Independence Day address today also included a veiled warning to Pakistan and China over border issues in J&K and Ladakh.
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