Metro India News | Hyderabad 

Union Minister Kishan Reddy today participated in the Balidan Diwas program on the death anniversary of Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee in Krishnanagar of Jubilee Hills constituency.

Addressing a gathering, he said under the auspices of BJP, they had been celebrating the Balidan Diwas of Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee for years. “In 1951, Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh. After independence, the then Prime Minister Nehru mortgaged the future of the country for temporary benefits in the matter of Article 370. He handed over a part of Kashmir to Pakistan. Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, who served as a minister in the first Union Cabinet, resigned from the Nehru Cabinet and founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh. A movement was started to protect against Article 370.

While the entire country had a tricolour flag, Kashmir had a different flag. While the entire country had one Prime Minister, Kashmir had another Prime Minister. While Ambedkar's Constitution was implemented throughout the country, Jammu and Kashmir had special rights through Article 370,” he said. Reddy said that When Shyama Prasad Mukherjee said that the country was damaged by the selfish decisions of the then Prime Minister Nehru, Nehru ignored his words and added that Shyama Prasad Mukherjee was the first person to launch a movement to abolish the  Article 370 and make Jammu and Kashmir an integral part of India. “Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee questioned If Jammu and Kashmir was an integral part of India, then how can there be a separate Prime Minister, special rights, and special powers?

He entered Jammu and Kashmir by strongly opposing the visa and permit system. He was accompanied by Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee urged Vajpayee to sensitize the people of the country and inform them about the inequalities taking place in Kashmir. However, as soon as he entered Jammu and Kashmir, he was arrested on the grounds of not having a permit. Later, he died under suspicious circumstances in Jammu and Kashmir.

Allegations that this incident was a murder still persist. With the determination to protect the integrity of the country, Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee took the initiative to fully implement that idea and sacrificed himself. Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee's goal was fulfilled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2019. With the abrogation of Article 370, Dalits and women in Jammu and Kashmir were given equal rights like those in other parts of the country. While Article 370 was in force, 42 thousand soldiers and civilians lost their lives in Jammu and Kashmir. At that time, the Congress party ignored them. The poor cheated the weaker sections. The governments and some leaders there acted in favour of Pakistan's ISI,” he said.

He reminded that BJP national president Murli Manohar Joshi organized an Ekta Yatra from Kanyakumari to Kashmir to hoist the national flag at Lal Chowk and added that PM Narendra Modi acted as the convener of the Yatra. He said after the Modi government came to power, the situation changed completely and added that The national flag was officially hoisted at Lal Chowk after the abrogation of Article 370.