COIMBATORE: Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev on Wednesday said home minister Amit Shah’s efforts that completed the integration of Jammu and Kashmir into India through nullification of Article 370, controlled militancies including Left-wing extremism and made terror bomb blasts a thing of the past, reflect “in some way” Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s act of stitching the nation together.
“There were parts of the country which were earlier not in control of the ruling dispensation. What’s done (by home minister Amit Shah) in in some way is a reflection what Sardar Patel did at that time…once again stitching the nation together,” he said while addressing the large crowds gathered for the Mahashivratri celebrations organised by the Isha Foundation here here.
Recalling the blasts that took place “every month” in the country until over a decade ago — rocking a new venue each time, be it Hyderabad, Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune — Sadhguru said in the last 10 years, “thanks to the agencies, forces, and above all the one who leads them — our beloved home minister — and the determined hand with which he has handled all this, this is not like the country where militancy ruled; it is now largely in control”. “
“He has made a promise that by 2026, militancy (Left wing extremism) will be completely eliminated,” he added.
Terming as “fantastic” the decision to abrogate Article 370 in Kashmir, restore peace and make the security situation in the UT almost normal, “with lakhs of tourist coming in”, Sadhguru said economic development, education, technology and spirituality tend to go waste if basics like law and order and geographical sovereignty of the country are not maintained.
“This is a very thankless job. Everybody thinks that you are (acting) hard..but there is no soft way of doing this, as I see it. It is a great mission that he (Shah) has taken up. Although the credit (also) goes to the forces, agencies and state govts, but the one who leads the job always has to be acknowledged,” said Sadhguru.