Training his guns on the alliance partners — Congress and the National Conference, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday launched a fiercest attack saying that Pakistan is doing ‘balle-balle’ over their manifesto for the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.

Addressing an impressive poll rally after conducting a road show in the Katra township, base camp of Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine, PM Modi said, “Nobody is giving them (Congress and National Conference) any importance here. But in Pakistan, inki balle balle ho rahi hai (they are being celebrated).”

Modi also accused the alliance partners of aligning with Pakistan’s interests. The Prime Minister’s remarks follow Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khwaja Asif’s statement in an interview in which he said that Pakistan and the NC-Congress alliance were on the same page on the restoration of Article 370.

“They (Congress-National Conference) are declaring that they will bring back Article 370. They want to return to the era of bloodshed. The neighbouring country is asking questions about it. Pakistan seems to be happy with the Congress-National Conference’s manifesto. The Defence Minister of Pakistan has openly supported it. The agenda of Congress and the National Conference aligns with Pakistan’s agenda,” PM Modi said at the rally in Katra.

He said that Pakistan has itself exposed the Congress and the National Conference. He went on to say that the BJP government will not allow the implementation of Pakistan’s agenda in Jammu and Kashmir.

“Pakistan itself has exposed the Congress and the National Conference. They wanted to implement Pakistan’s agenda here... We will not allow the implementation of Pakistan’s agenda in Jammu and Kashmir. No power in the world can bring back Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir”.

PM Modi also sounded a note of caution saying that a vote for Congress would lead to the reinstatement of Article 370, which he said would pave the way for violence to return to the Valley.

“Every vote given to Congress will implement the manifesto of PDP and NC.

PM Modi said that the upcoming elections will be a turning point for the region, framing the choice as one that will define the future of Jammu and Kashmir. This election is about choosing Jammu and Kashmir’s future, “ PM Modi said

Addressing another rally earlier inside the fortified Sher-i-Kashmir stadium in Srinagar PM Modi praised the high voter turnout in the first phase stating that it represents a rejection of parties that ‘sympathise with stone pelters and terrorists’.

Modi said that the three families want to deprive Kashmiris of their fundamental rights, and that “it is their agenda from the very start.”The three families, Modi said, think they shouldn’t be questioned, “but, J&K will not remain in the grab of these families,” said Modi.

“They have only given violence to the people of J&K,” he said as he continued his attack against them.

The youth of J&K, Modi said, is now challenging dynastic politics. “It is the same youth that these parties didn’t allow to move forward,” Modi said.

“The three families considered J&K politics as their family property. They didn’t let anyone else take the stage”.

This is why, Modi said, these families stopped the Panchayat elections from happening as they thought new people would come and replace them. This resulted in youth losing trust in democracy, Modi said. “They thought whether they would vote or not, power would remain with these three families.”

Modi in his trademark style questioned the audience about the past, saying, “Do you remember how elections used to take place in the past”? Everything closed down after evening while door-to-door campaigning was not possible, said Modi.”Your rights were snatched while they lived in luxury,” Modi highlighted.

This is the first time, Modi said that the elections in J&K are not being held under the “shadow of terrorism.”

Naming prominent religious places in the valley namely Hazratbal shrine, Chrar-i-Sharief, Khwaja Sahab’s Shrine, Shankaracharya, and Kheer Bawani temple, Modi said that during the reign of three families, these places of sanctity weren’t safe either.

“Film shooting was barred, cinemas were locked, while hoisting tricolour in Lal Chowk was equal to playing with fire. However, the picture has changed now,” Modi said.

Before, going to Lal Chowk was scary, but today, there is a buzz till late evening. From shopkeepers to Shikara wala (boatman), everyone is earning his livelihood with ease now, claimed the Prime Minister.

“This environment, this silence, this peace, who brought it? You brought it, the people of J-K did this work,” Modi said.

Modi said  Kashmiri Hindus have played a pivotal role in strengthening ‘Kashmiriyat’. However, the three families subjugated them. “They subjected our Hindu brothers to injustice,” he said.

These three families were hand in glove over the injustices done to Kashmiri Sikhs and Hindus, Modi said. The Congress, JKNC, and the PDP divided people over the desire to rule, but the BJP is here to unite, Modi said. “They have always sold hate,” Modi said.

In the last 35 years, Modi said, Kashmir remained shut for 3000 days, “means in 35 years, Kashmir was shut for eight long years. But in the last five years, the valley hasn’t been shut for even eight hours,” claimed the Prime Minister.

“We had promised on the floor of the parliament that we will restore J&K’s statehood, and only we are capable of doing that,” Modi said.

Before winding up his speech, the Prime Minister urged the audience to “break all the voting records on 25th of September, when Srinagar among several other districts is going to polls.

“Would you break the records? Would you write the history? Would you give BJP a chance?” asked Modi.

The candidates of BJP are coming to you for peace and prosperity, Modi said as he called all the candidates over to the stage.

“You grow saffron here, Srinagar is also known for Tulip Garden, BJP’s Lotus will be the icing on the cake for it,” Modi concluded.