PM Modi found a new fan in Shehla Rashid

“Kashmir is not Gaza.” Long time Modi-critic Shehla Rashid had a change of heart… but why?

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00:00I am really impressed by how the government of India has handled the whole Kashmir situation.

00:05I've said a lot of things about the BJP, I've said a lot of things about the PAM, the HM.

00:10I've realised that the honourable Prime Minister, the Home Minister,

00:14they are really selfless people who only care about the national interest.

00:30We demand that the law of sedition should be removed from the history of this country.

00:57Ladies and gentlemen, I'm Munmo Sandy, Chief Executive Officer of MS Government,

01:05అా సేమ్, and this is the New Delhi Gazette.

01:07We are conducting an organization, a programme where we bring together millions of girls and girls from all over the world

01:17to give a voice to Justice, Justice for the Search for Justice.

01:20We're very eager and very optimistic on actions to take towards Justice.

01:25the BJP, I've said a lot of things about the PAM, the HM, but look at them, like

01:30they've taken so much criticism domestically, internationally, India has

01:34been castigated for the abrogation, but they took all that criticism on them and

01:40it doesn't make sense to me why somebody would, you know, make such a such an

01:45such a risky, unpopular, whatever you want to call it, decision and I've

01:49arrived at one clue, conclusion, you know, which is what caused my change of heart

01:54also. I've realized that the Honorable Prime Minister, the Home Minister, they

01:58are really selfless people who only care about the national interest. I should not

02:04continue to believe that I am the Miss Know-All. Maybe some people, they have a

02:09better reading of the situation, they've taken certain steps and has it resulted

02:13in saving of human lives in Kashmir? It has. Has it resulted in progress,

02:20development? It has. Has it resulted in us enjoying better freedoms, like now

02:26children can go to the play area at the mall? These are very superficial things,

02:30but actually they aren't. Now, there is sports infrastructure. I mean, there is a

02:34Kashmiri in the cricket team and there are Kashmiris, you know, they're doing

02:38very well in the Asian games. Today, when I see, I am much more grateful for today's

02:42situation because today it has become clear that Kashmir is not Gaza and what

02:47it has really taken is a political will. Somebody had to break this ice. Somebody

02:52had to break the stalemate because Kashmir was just involved in this back

02:56and forth of protests and, you know, sporadic incidents of insurgency,

03:00infiltration, all of those things. Somebody needed to break the ice and for

03:05that I would like to credit the present government, especially the Prime

03:09Minister, the Home Minister. They've ensured a political solution to it which

03:14is, I would say, bloodless and at a time when we are talking about, when the world

03:19is talking about civilian casualties in Gaza, I mean, you have to credit the

03:23establishment in Kashmir that there have been zero civilian casualties, you know,

03:28since 2009, since the abrogation in the last five years. There have been zero

03:32civilian casualties in police action.