Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Srinagar on Sunday said that India has shown to the world its new policies (on terrorism) with the surgical strike and added that every terrorist will be tackled in a befitting way.
Earlier in the day, he inaugurated and laid foundation stones for schemes and projects worth Rs 3000 crore in Jammu, Srinagar and Leh.
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He launched the University of Ladakh, the first-ever varsity in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, an AIIMS and an IIMC in Jammu among a host of other development projects.
He also interacted with college students from across the country in Srinagar. “There are two realities today which make us proud. India is the fastest growing large economy in the world and, according to studies, India is also reducing poverty at the fastest pace in the world,” Modi said.
The Prime Minister also paid tribute to Nazir Ahmad Wani, the J&K soldier who was awarded the Ashoka Chakra posthumously. Wani is the first Kashmiri to receive the gallantry award.