Congress president Sonia Gandhi yesterday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of not fulfilling the promises he makes.

Addressing a large election rally at M A Stadium here, she said Modi announced Rs10bn for flood relief to Jammu and Kashmir, but the money was not released.

“The state government submitted a request of Rs39,000 crore... that has also not been approved,” she alleged.

The Congress president said her party, when in power, had provided enough legal and administrative means to tackle corruption, but alleged after the present central government took charge, “wrong statements are being made to mislead the masses.”

Gandhi said her party had carried out people-friendly programmes during the last six years in the state but admitted that not all such programmes of the then central government could be implemented because of coalition compulsions.

“But we have remained in the forefront of helping the people of Kashmir in times of need,” she said.

“The response of the Congress-led government in the state was prompt and effective during the 2005 earthquake.

“During the recent floods, the Congress workers promptly came to the help of the people in villages and towns.”

Gandhi appealed to people to maintain the secular character of Kashmir and for that she urged them to vote for Congress candidates in assembly elections.

Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad, Ambika Soni, Saifuddin Soz and Ghulam Ahmad Mir accompanied Gandhi during her visit to the Kashmir Valley.

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