Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 24: BJP State spokesperson Arun Gupta has criticised the Kashmir Civil Society for campaigning against the abrogation of Article 35-A.
In a statement issued here, today he said the Kashmir Civil Society has no support base in Jammu, Ladakh regions. Neither, Shias of Kargil, nor Buddhists of Leh as well as Kashmiri Pandits who are the aborigines of Valley are with the Kashmir Civil Society, he added.
He said so-called KCS have no presence anywhere else barring Srinagar and lack a representative character. They do not represent all public opinion on Article 35-A in the State, he added.
It is amusing and also ridiculous that they were discussing an “organised movement” against the abolition of Article 35-A with Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday. They should, as also Dr Abdullah, know very well that the issue being in the Supreme Court is sub -judice, he pointed out. How can they try to exert pressure, he asked?
Gupta said some political leaders, of the National Conference (NC) and the Congress are also trying to create confusion among the masses. They are claiming that the Dogras and the Ladakhis will be losers in the State first of all which is not a fact. These claims are a clear attempt to raise a bogey of fear and create ill-will. They should educate the masses constructively and enjoin them to await the decision of the Apex Court, he added.
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