Former JNU students’ union leader Shehla Rashid on Tuesday defended her “support” to the Narendra Modi government, after years of being a fierce critic, saying it was not she but the situation in Kashmir that had changed.
“We saw how common Kashmiris were lining up for PM Modi’s rally recently. My agenda is not to butter up the regime. I agree that there are still issues to resolve, such as constant power cuts. But, this in itself is a change that there are issues related to roads and power cuts now. Years ago, the only burning issue was the demand for freedom. It’s not that the Valley is chanting the prime minister’s name constantly, but people are now raising complaints to a government that they consider their own,” she said at CNN-News18’s Rising Bharat Summit.
#shehlarashid #kashmir #nayakashmir #news18
