While addressing a public gathering in Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that terrorism in Kashmir began right after India's Partition in 1947 and has continued to harm the country ever since.

"First terror attack happened after partition"

The Prime Minister shared that the first terrorist attack took place in Kashmir on the very night of India's partition. He said,

“In 1947, when Mother India was partitioned into three parts... that very night, the first terror attack occurred on the soil of Kashmir. One part of Mother India was forcibly taken over by Pakistan in the name of 'mujahideen'. On that day, those so-called mujahideen should have been thrown into the pit of death.”

PM Modi also pointed out that India's first Home Minister, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, had a clear opinion on how to deal with the situation. According to the Prime Minister:

“And it was Sardar Patel's wish that until PoK is taken back, the army should not stop. But Sardar Sahib’s words were not followed.”

He said that ignoring Patel’s advice at the time was a mistake that has had long-lasting consequences.

Terror in Kashmir has continued for 75 years

PM Modi explained that the violence that started in 1947 has not stopped. He connected it to recent incidents of bloodshed, saying:

“And the bloodshed by these mujahideen has been continuing for the last 75 years. What happened in Pahalgam was just a distorted form of the same. ...The Indian Army has defeated Pakistan every time.”

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