Modi sticks to guns in Varanasi: 'Tough decisions' on CAA, Art 370 to stay

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asserted that the ‘tough decisions’ taken by his government, including the revocation of Article 370 from Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) and the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) will not be rolled back.
 

“We have taken tough decisions as they were imperative in the national interest, and did not buckle even under external pressure,” Modi said addressing a public meeting in his Varanasi parliamentary constituency during a day’s visit.

He observed these issues were left pending by the previous regimes for narrow political considerations and vested interests.

“I want to assure you that we were resolute in