SRINAGAR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced Rs 80,000 crore package for Jammu & Kashmir at a public meeting here.

He called the assistance a gift and said it was just a beginning. "Delhi's treasure is for you and we will provide you more in the future," he said.

Modi said the package was besides 35,000 crore for connecting Jammu with Srinagar through a railway link.

The Prime Minister vowed to carry forward ex-Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's three-point vision – Kashmiriyat (coexistence), jamhooriyat (democracy) and insaaniyat (humanity) – for Kashmir.

Modi underlined India is incomplete without Kashmiriyat.

He made no reference to any political process even as chief minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed and his ministers had created an impression that Modi would do a Vajpayee and invite separatists and Pakistan for talks.

Vajpayee had famously extended his hand of friendship to Pakistan when he addressed a public meeting at the same venue in Srinagar in 2003.

Modi, who said he does not need any analysis or advice on Kashmir, praised Kashmiris for showing faith in democracy by participating in parliamentary and assembly polls in numbers.

"Now the chief minister wishes to conduct panchayat polls to give more power to people at the grassroots level."

Modi vowed to restore Kashmir's glory and said the state should become one of the musts for tourists like it was in the past. "I love Kashmir and used to come here and stay here for days."

He said he realized pain and destruction the state has undergone due to last year's floods. "But the people of the state know ways to come out of this destruction and pain and they really came out of it.”

Modi praised the potential of Kashmiri youth and said they are making their mark in IAS, IPS and other services.

He mentioned cricketer Parvez Rasool and wished the state produces more such players to bring laurels for the country. "I wish another international cricket match be played here like the one in 1983,” Modi said.

Modi stressed on the need to produce quality saffron, pashmina and bats.

He reiterated his slogan of ‘sab ka saath, sab ka vikas' and spoke about his 17-month rule, saying people were not thinking of India competing with china prior to it.

"Now we are ahead of China in many areas," said Modi at the rally which was held amid tight security arrangements.

Helicopters hovered over the rally venue while authorities suspended internet as part of the security measures for the event, which was attended by around 40,000 people at the Sher-e-Kashmir cricket stadium.

Separatists were put under house arrest after they announced a "million march” near the public meeting venue.

Independent legislator Engineer Rashid was detained after he held a protest march carrying black balloons and flags.

Elsewhere in the Valley, a complete shut down was observed to protest Modi's visit.

Earlier, Sayeed invoked Vajpayee and asked Modi to initiate dialogue with Pakistan. "Vajpayee's peace initiative ensured a decade-long thaw in India-Pakistan relations. Bade bhai ko chote bhai se milna hi hoga,” Mufti said.

Sayeed praised Modi's reference to Kashmiriyat and for following Vajpayee's vision on Kashmir.

Ex-chief minister Omar Abdullah criticized Modi's speech and said he too had repeated the "mistake of weighing the Kashmir issue in rupees and paisa”.

Omar hit out at chief minister Sayeed for drumbeating ahead of Modi's visit. "People believed that he would address the political dimension of the Kashmir problem by inviting separatists and well as Pakistan for dialogue," he said. "There was nothing like that in Modi's speech."