Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 26: National Conference (NC) today said that BJP’s formal demand for the abrogation of Article 370 had exposed PDP’s sell-out for power on key issues that concern the political rights and honour of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. In a statement issued from Party Headquarters in Srinagar, NC general secretary Ali Mohammad Sagar lashed at out PDP for maintaining a criminal silence over BJP’s recent overtures demanding the abrogation of Article 370.
“BJP has yet again reiterated its longstanding demand for revoking Article 370 and this demand has come from the Party’s spokespersons and senior leaders, making it a serious issue. While BJP’s opposition to J&K’s special status and Article 370 is as old as the existence of the right wing party, such demands now have serious implications as PDP has brought BJP into the power matrix in J&K”, Sagar said.
“BJP has now officially and formally made it very clear that PDP’s ‘CMP’ with the BJP was a farce to fool the people of J&K and that PDP is on-board when it comes to BJP’s activities to abrogate Article 370. While Article 370 cannot be abrogated without re-opening the question of accession, PDP’s complete surrender before BJP on this issue has made the situation in the State very apprehensive. What is even more tragic is that the Chief Minister of the State, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed continues to remain silent on this issue under pressure from the BJP”, the NC general secretary said.
Sagar said National Conference had strived for the restoration of Article 370 to its original, pristine form and would continue to stand by this demand. “Rather than talking about abrogating Article 370, the Central Government should understand that the National Conference Government in 2000 had sent the Autonomy Resolution to the Government of India, which was passed by a two-thirds majority in the J&K Legislative Assembly. Government of India should respect the representational demand of the people of J&K through their elected representatives to restore Article 370 to its original, pristine form”, Sagar further said.
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