BJP won't permit two PMs in India: Amit Shah

Tasgaon (Maha), Apr 17 Kashmir is an integral part of India and it would keep on remaining so as long as the BJP exists, party president Amit Shah said here Wednesday.

Shah's comments came at a poll rally, in light of National Conference leader Omar Abdullah's recent suggestion of having a separate prime minister for Kashmir.

"Nobody can remove Kashmir from us. For whatever length of time that the BJP exists, Kashmir will keep on being a fundamental piece of India," Shah told the rally in western Maharashtra.

"We will never allow two prime ministers in India," Shah said. The Congress needs to isolate Kashmir from India, he included.

Abdullah's remark that Jammu and Kashmir expected a different Prime Minister and President and ideally they would have it, has also drawn a strong response from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who demanded during a series of poll rallies that the Congress explain its ally's comment.

"India is the place where there is Shivaji Maharaj and its security is responsibility of all of us," Shah said.

Alluding to cross-border terrorism
exuding from Pakistan, Shah said," If there is a goli (shot) from there, India will send a gola (bomb) from here."

Terrorists infiltrating in India will be searched and killed, he said.

"Prime Minister Narednra Modi worked to make the nation safe. Through Balakot air strike, we avenged for the passings of our officers," he said.

"The chant of 'Phir ek baar Modi sarkar' is heard from all corners of the country now," the BJP chief said.

Shah also targeted on the Congress-NCP combine which was in power in Maharashtra for 15 consecutive year till 2014, when the BJP wrested power from it.

"The Congress relegated Maharashtra on development front, while the BJP brought back the state on the way of development," he said.

Five ages of Congress ruled the nation but did nothing for India, he said.

"What did (Congress chief) Rahul Gandhi and (NCP president) Sharad Pawar accomplish for the poor in India," Shah said.