Kolkata
Chief minister of India’s West Bengal state Mamata Banerjee has said that New Delhi took the decision on Article 370 without consulting other parties, adding that her Trinamool Congress will strongly oppose the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill that proposes to bifurcate the region into two union territories.
“We cannot support this bill. We cannot vote for this bill,” Banerjee told reporters, adding that “the government should have spoken to all political parties and the Kashmiris”.“If you need to arrive at a permanent solution, then you have to talk to all stakeholders,” NDTV quoted Banerjee as saying. Banerjee also attacked New Delhi over the arrest of Kashmiri leaders Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah.
“I have no information about Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti…they are not terrorists”, Banerjee
