Mumbai: The Congress-National Conference (NC) alliance which formed the government in Jammu & Kashmir after winning last month’s elections, passed a resolution in the state Assembly demanding restoration of Article 370.
It led to ruckus in the Assembly for the past three days, with BJP MLAs disrupting proceedings, and many of them being marshalled out of the House after they stormed into the well.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also slammed the ruling alliance for allowing the resolution, saying it was part of a conspiracy against the union territory.
“As soon as Congress and INDI alliance got the chance to form government in Jammu and Kashmir, they started with their conspiracies against Kashmir… Two days ago, they passed a resolution in the J&K legislative assembly to restore Article 370,” Modi said at an election rally in Maharashtra’s Dhule on Friday.
The resolution, opposing revocation of Article 370, was passed on Wednesday by a voice vote even as the BJP opposed it.
“Banners were shown in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly in support of article 370. The Congress alliance passed a resolution to implement Article 370 there again… Will the country accept this? When the BJP MLAs protested against this with all their might, they were picked up and thrown out of the assembly. The entire country will have to understand the truth of Congress and its alliance,” the PM said.
“Till Modi is there, Congress won’t be able to do anything in Kashmir. Only Bhim Rao Ambedkar’s Constitution will run there. No power can bring back 370,” Modi said firmly.
In another rally at Nashik, Modi said the Congress and its allies want Ambedkar’s Constitution to be thrown out of Jammu & nd Kashmir.
“You must have seen it on TV. 2-3 days ago, Congress and its allies created a ruckus in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly to re-implement Article 370. These people again want the Constitution of Babasaheb Ambedkar to be removed from Jammu and Kashmir. These people again want the reservation that the Dalits and Valmiki community to be snatched away. Against the Constitution, against Dalits, backward classes, tribals, Congress is as much a part of this conspiracy as their other allies in the MVA,” the PM said.
“By abrogating Article 370, I implemented the constitution of Dr Ambedkar in Kashmir. This was my biggest tribute to the Babasaheb Ambedkar,” Modi added.
It was on August 5, 2019 that the BJP-helmed government of India revoked the special status granted under Article 370 of the Indian constitution to Jammu & Kashmir.
The restoration of Article 370 and Jammu & Kashmir’s statehood were the National Conference’s main promises in its manifesto for the assembly elections.
