Admitting that Article 370 had “created an impres-sion across the world that Jammu and Kashmir is a disputed issue”, senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader, Bali Bhagat, has said that the Article was the biggest impediment to integration of occupied Jammu and Kashmir into India.
Bali Bhagat in a statement issued in Jammu criticized Peoples Democratic Party chief, Mehbooba Mufti, for “dreaming that someday this temporary provision of the Constitution, declared null and void by the Modi government shall be restored and is seeking early hearing of the case”.
Earlier, Mehbooba Mufti had urged Indian chief justice to hear the pleas challenging abrogation of Article 370 by the Modi regime, instead of address-ing so-called judges’ conferences in the occupied territory.
Bali Bhagat boasted that “gone are the days, when a bogus narrative was conceived claiming that atrocious Article 370 protects the distinct identity of Kashmiris and is beneficial for the people of J&K.”
Ignoring the UN-acknowledged disputed status of Jammu and Kashmir as well as UN Security Council resolutions on Kashmir, the BJP leader asserted that the Article 370had “created a republic within the Indian Republic and created an impression across the world that J&K is a disputed issue”.—KMS
