Early Times Report
Rafiabad, Apr 22: Senior Vice President J&K Congress and Former minister Abdul Gani Vakil today said that Congress is committed to strengthening Article 370 and would oppose any move to dilute it tooth and nail.
As per press release, the forces trying to weaken or erode it were inimical to peace and tranquility, he said. Congress, he added will fight for it both inside the Parliament as well as outside.
He said it is the duty of common masses to discourage the parties like BJP having agenda of dividing the country on religious lines and maintain the Mahatama's dream of secular India He urged voters to identify such forces in elections at their own level to uphold the sovereignty of this beautiful nation and mutual coexistence. Parties like BJP who are raising the issues like abrogation of Article 370 are doing it simply to meet their political ends.
Vakil asked BJP to stay clear away from disturbing peace in the state and let the coalition government manage its affairs.
He said Jammu and Kashmir, with the active support of central government, has come a long way in witnessing development, peace and prosperity and any such attempt to reverse this process would be countered head on. |
