TIL Desk/National/Houston/ Time for a decisive battle against terrorism has come, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday as he defended revoking Jammu and Kashmir’s special status. Addressing over 50,000 Indian-Americans at the ‘Howdy, Modi’ event in Houston, he said India has given farewell to Article 370, which allowed terrorism and separatism to rear its head in Jammu and Kashmir.
Modi asked people to give standing ovation to the Indian parliamentarians for Parliament’s nod to repeal Article 370 provisions. “India’s decision on Article 370 has troubled some people, who can’t handle their country, who support terrorism,” the prime minister said.
“Where do you find
conspirators of 9/11 and 26/11 terror attacks,” Modi said, in an apparent
reference to Pakistan. “Time for decisive battle against terrorism,”
he said. Modi also praised India’s democracy and said Indians are working day
and night to realise its goal of new India.
