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| Congress buries Article 370, focuses on J&K’s statehood | | PM’s All Party Meeting | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 27: During the all-party meeting, Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has indirectly communicated to all the participants that Article 370 is history now. It was only after getting a clear message from Prime Minister, Congress leadership is now focusing only on statehood. After attending the all-party meeting convened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 24, the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) chief Ghulam Ahmed Mir on Sunday reiterated the demand of restoring statehood but avoided touching contentious issues like restoration of Article 370 and 35-A.
During his interaction with media persons after the all-party meeting, Mir said, "as of now the party is focussing only on the restoration of statehood to J&K."
When his attention was drawn towards the demand for restoration of Article 370 and 35-A, Mir said that there was no point to discuss such issues as the Union Government has made up its mind. "Right now, full statehood is what we are aiming for, other issues will be solved through judiciary," he said.
Since the abrogation of Article 370, Congress leadership is avoiding echoing the demand of restoring this article. Former Union Minister and ex-leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Ghulam Nabi Azad had also avoided raising the issue of Article 370.
During a recent meeting of the J&K Congress on June 7, all issues pertaining to the Union Territory was thoroughly discussed but party leaders could not raise the demand of reinstating Article 370 and 35-A.
Interestingly Congress leadership had demanded statehood with constitutional guarantees, but the party has not elaborated "constitutional guarantees." |
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