PM Modi's tenure has ushered in peace, development in J&K: Jitendra Singh

Srinagar, Aug 23: Union minister Jitendra Singh on Sunday said there has been a paradigm shift in the mindset of people in Jammu and Kashmir after Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power at the Centre. "The mindset in Jammu and Kashmir has changed completely just like in the Northeast. This happened after the Narendra Modi government was formed in 2014," Singh told reporters on the sidelines of BJP's organisational meeting here. "Since Prime Minister Modi's tenure began, the atmosphere here has changed. There is peace, and normalcy is returning. Development works are going at a good pace," he asserted. The Union minister said after losing generations to persistent violence over the past three decades, the youth of Jammu and Kashmir has now become aspirational. "You can see it in their performance in competitive examinations like UPSC and engineering entrance exams over the past few years," he said. Singh said while many saffron party workers were lost to the violence in Jammu and Kashmir, he is lucky to have survived to witness the change in the mindset of people of Jammu and Kashmir.