Government believes in ‘Kashmiriyat, Jamhooriyat, Insaniyat’: Shah

New Delhi: Home Minister Amit Shah said on Monday that the Narendra Modi-led government believes in former Prime Minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s formula of ‘Kashmiriyat, Jamhooriyat, Insaniyat’ to resolve the Kashmir issue.
Shah was speaking in the Rajya Sabha during the debate on a resolution moved by him for the continuation of President’s Rule in Jammu and Kashmir along with a bill to amend the state’s Reservation Act, 2004.
The day-long debate saw 27 members debating the merits of the resolution and the bill.
The Home Minister, while referring to members before him referring to Vajpayee’s famous quote of using ‘Kashmiriyat, Jamhooriyat, Insaniyat’ to resolve the Kashmir issue, said that the Modi government is also committed towards the same principle.
Elaborating upon ‘Kashmiriyat’, Shah said that the government firmly believes that it will protect and restore the unique cultural identity of J&K, which at one point of time was known for its religious harmony.
On ‘Jamhooriyat’ (democracy), the Home Minsiter said the incumbent government was the one which took democracy to the grass-roots level in J&K by conducting panchayat polls.