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| Despite pressure from NC & PDP, BJP is bound to revoke Article 370 | | | The BJP leadership is committed to revocation of Article 370. It may lead to a bitter row between the BJP and the Kashmir centric political parties. BJP President Amit Shah has said the Article 370 that gives special powers to Jammu Kashmir would be scrapped if Narendra Modi was elected as prime minister again targeting the Congress on the issue of national security, he said Manmohan Singh-led Congress government did nothing when Pakistan beheaded five Indian troops but under the Modi government air strike was carried out in Balakot. In a rally at Chogan Maidan in Himachal Pradesh's Chamba district, Shah pointed out that Congress leader Sam Pitroda said instead of air strike, "we should talk to militants".
"If Pakistan will fire a bullet, we will reply with a shell," he said.
"Pakistan obviously mourned the air strike but there was grief in Congress' office as well. After the air strike, Rahul Gandhi's face turned pale as if his relatives were killed," the senior BJP leader said. Citing former Jammu Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah's comment that there should be another prime minister for the State, Shah said, "All this indicated their mindset but if the BJP comes to power again and Modi becomes prime minister, Article 370 will be removed for sure."
Targeting Pitroda further, the BJP chief said, "If you ask a question regarding the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, the Congress says 'hua to hua'. If you ask a question regarding the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai and migration of Kashmiri Pandits, Congress says 'hua to hua.'"
He said Congress President Rahul Gandhi seemed disappointed when the Modi government had put those behind bars who had raised "Bharat tere tukde honge, inshallah inshallah" slogan at JNU, and now he declared to amend provisions of sedition law in his party manifesto. Shah said it was for the first time that the opposition had not made corruption an issue as it had been "wiped out" during the Modi government. But PDP and National Conference besides the Congress would resotr to protest rallies and nothing could be seen whether these protests turn violent. But luckily Amit Shah has not touched Article 35-A and if compared to Article 35-A based open state subject laws Article 370 is a spent up constitutional priority. Because most of the central laws have been incorporated with the state Constitution and it is because of approval from the state Legislature. |
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