Modi made Kashmir inseparable part of India in "one go": Shah

Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a firm decision and made Jammu and Kashmir an inseparable part of India in "one go", Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Thursday, referring to the Centre's historic decision to revoke the border state's special status and bifurcate it.

Under Modi's leadership, the country has not hesitated in taking decisive steps against terrorism, he said.

"Prime Minister Narendra Modi does not take decisions just to please people. He takes decisions which are good for them.

"And he has the courage to pay the political price for taking such decisions. He has won the trust of 130 crore citizens," said Shah.

The home minister was speaking at the 7th convocation of Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU) here.

"No one had thought in the past that an Indian leader can lead the world. There was a notion that India can not do those things which are not approved by other countries," he said.

Shah said with the 2016 surgical strikes and the 2019 ...