SRINAGAR, May 31: Opposition National Conference MLA Mohammad Shafi Uri today asked the State Government to clarify its stand on safeguarding the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, as some leaders of ruling ally BJP were making statements about repealing Article 370 of the constitution.
“I was very happy when the Chief Minister (Mehbooba Mufti) spoke about (Prime Minister’s) working group recommendations and safeguarding of Article 370 that guarantees special status to Jammu and Kashmir.
“But what are people supposed to think when they see (BJP leader) Subramanian Swamy, a close aide of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on television saying Article 370 will be done away with by 2017,” Uri, participating in the general discussion on budget proposals, said in the Legislative Assembly here.
The veteran NC leader said the statements were of concern as no one from the BJP, be it the party president Amit Shah or other spokespersons, have contradicted Swamy’s stand.
Referring to ruling PDP, he said National Conference was always taunted for the rejection of its Autonomy resolution, passed by the State assembly in July 2000, by the then NDA Government at the Centre. (AGENCIES)
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