Rajnath Singh said Centre gives money to Jammu and Kashmir for development while Pakistan has been misusing financial aid for a long time
Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said that India would have given a larger bailout package to Pakistan than the one sought by the neighbour from International Monetary Fund (IMF), had Islamabad maintained friendly relations with New Delhi.
“Modi ji in 2014-15 announced a special package for development of Jammu and Kashmir which has now reached ₹90,000 crore. The amount is much bigger than what Pakistan was seeking from the IMF (as bailout package),” PTI quoted Rajnath as saying at an election rally in Gurez assembly segment under Bandipora district.
Singh referred to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee who said,“We can change friends but we cannot change the neighbours.”
The minister said,”I said, my Pakistani friends, why have strained relations, we are neighbours. If we had good relations, we would have given more money than the IMF.”
Singh said the Centre gives money to Jammu and Kashmir for development while Pakistan has been misusing financial aid for a long time.
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Rajnath Singh further added,”Kashmir will again become a paradise on earth when Vajpayee’s dream of restoring “Insaniyat, Jamhooriyat and Kashmiriyat” in the valley is achieved.”