Excelsior Correspondent
NEW DELHI, Feb 23 : NPP chief Prof Bhim Singh has said that statement by BJP’s national leadership in Jammu advocating for considering the issue of Article 370 in the Constitution of India has exposed BJP’s policy vis-à-vis J&K and there appears no difference in the attitude of the BJP from that of the Congress and the left.
Reacting on the statement of Kirti Azad, spokesman of BJP in Jammu, the NPP supremo accused BJP for the blackmail and exploitation of the nationalist forces in J&K and outside for the past 50 years. The NPP leader said that BJP had been advocating for the abrogation of Article 370 for decades but once they came in power at the Centre none of the party leaders cared or dared mentioned a word on the issue. On the other hands, the National Conference which had been projecting as a sworn enemy of the BJP happily sat on the lap of BJP Government in the Centre. The present Chief Minister worked as a faithful minister in the Government headed by Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
The statement made by the BJP spokesman in Jammu has given clear indication that the BJP is interested to discuss Article 370 and nothing more. Prof. Singh has called on the BJP leaders to explain their new strategy on Article 370 and on the reorganization of J&K.
Prof. Singh reiterated that all the disputes and problems relating to the internal crisis and conflict shall be settled after the reorganization of the State when each region say, Ladakh, Kashmir Valley and Jammu Pradesh shall get equal legislative, political and financial authority. This reorganization may flow via confederation of J&K with separate Civil Secretariats in Srinagar and Jammu to start with. This objective can only be achieved, presently, through the mechanism of Article 370 by the Parliament.
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