Srinagar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on the Congress party accusing it of “protecting” Article 370 for seven decades in Jammu and Kashmir and allowing terrorism to flourish, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi removed the provision and crushed terrorism.

Speaking at election rallies in Darbhanga and Samastipur, Shah accused the grand old party of sheltering the constitutional provision and linked its removal to a shift in the government’s response to terrorism. “Earlier terrorists used to bleed India and go unpunished. Now, under Prime Minister Modi India enters into terrorists’ homes and eliminates them,” he added.

Shah said, “PM Modi initiated the tradition of giving a strong and befitting response to terrorism.”

Shah said the government had m

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