Won't let Pak run its agenda in J&K: Modi

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday sent a strong message to neighbouring Pakistan amid its attempts to "hobnob with like-minded" parties in Jammu and Kashmir, and said that no power in the world can bring back Article 370.

New Delhi/Jammu: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday sent a strong message to neighbouring Pakistan amid its attempts to "hobnob with like-minded" parties in Jammu and Kashmir, and said that no power in the world can bring back Article 370.

"I am saying loud and clear that we will not allow Pakistan to run its agenda in Jammu and Kashmir," thundered PM Modi while addressing his second poll rally in Jammu's Katra.

PM Modi also launched a blistering attack on the Congress-National Conference (NC) alliance in the Union Territory and slammed it for sharing a "common agenda" with the Pakistani establishment. Taking note of Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif's statement on Article 370, PM Modi said that admiration of the Congress-NC manifesto by the neighbouring country "exposes their unholy alliance".

PM Modi said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would never allow such a thing to happen.

"Pakistani Defence Minister said that the agenda of the Congress-NC alliance on Article 370 and 35A is the same as that of Pakistan. Congress and NC stand exposed today with the Pakistani minister openly expressing support for their poll promises on Article 370. This means that the NC-Congress alliance wants to impose Pakistan's agenda in Kashmir," PM Modi told the gathering.

"The BJP will never allow their agenda to succeed," he said.

PM Modi accused the Congress and NC of "working against India's interests", despite knowing that Pakistani infiltrators inflicted deep wounds on residents of Jammu and Kashmir.