Alleging that claims made by PM Modi in his speech were untrue, Surjewala said that PM Modi should have talked about something that could help the common folk.
Modi said his government was committed for the all-round development of all sections and regions in Jammu and Kashmir, the country's only Muslim-majority state.
He said that his government tried to bring the Bill in Parliament in the just concluded monsoon session after the Cabinet had approved some amendments to end the practice of Triple Talaq.
Addressing the nation, he took a dig at the previous UPA rule, saying if his government had continued with the same pace of development, the country would have taken decades to reach where it was today.
The speech recollected the achievements of his regime in past four years and set the agenda till 2022.
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