Kashmir's Opposition Party Wants Vande Bharat Train Renamed After Pahalgam Attack Victim

The opposition leader also wanted the 48 tourist destinations closed after the Pahalgam attack to be reopened to revive tourism.

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00:00I have a request from the government that after the fact that the tourism is over,

00:12to give a message, to give a message, to give a message,

00:17to give a message of Hindu-Muslim-Itihad,

00:20the name of this train is Shihid Adil Train, Shihid Adil Vandibarat Express.

00:27That will be really very nice, it will give a signal to the country,

00:31that we are one with every Kashmiri,

00:34and at the same time, to try the government of India,

00:37wherever all the sites are closed,

00:42the closed for tourism,

00:44the sites after Baisaran incident,

00:46it will be opened,

00:48and that's why our tourism will be clean and flourish.

00:53But for the bigger message to the country,

00:57secularism and integration,

00:59this train's name is Shihid Adil Train.

01:02Shihid Sihid Adil Train.

01:05That will be really very nice.

01:06After a long time,

01:08many successive governments have tried to train here.

01:13In the 1990s,

01:15this project was a hope for all the Prime Ministers,

01:19whether it be Aatol Bihari Vajpayee,

01:21or Manmohan Singh,

01:23or Narendra Modi,

01:25Narendra Modi sahab,

01:26they have also tried a lot.

01:28So, I will tell you,

01:30all this initiative,

01:32that finally,

01:34Jumo Kashmir,

01:35especially,

01:36which is Kashmir's village,

01:37has been connected with the whole of Hindustan,

01:40with the rail link.

01:41It will not only help us boost tourism,

01:44but also help us boost horticulture,

01:47handicrafts,

01:48and all the local businesses,

01:51all these businesses will also boost a lot.

01:56I am hopeful that the economy of Kashmir will grow.