Terming the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the rightwing Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) coalition government as cancerous for the State, Congress Saturday said the PDP MPs behaved like silent spectators in the Parliament while BJP MPs promised to abrogate Article 370 from Jammu Kashmir stating that Parliament has powers to do away with the article which is cancerous for the Indian constitution.
Talking to us, State Congress Vice President and MLA Sopore, Abdul Rashid Dar said it was unfortunate that PDP MPs acted like silent spectators in the Parliament when BJP MPs delivered speeches in the Parliament over Article 370 and called for scrapping it immediately while terming it as an article that is cancerous to the Indian constitution.Rashid said the two parties had formed a coalition government in the State after devising an “Agenda of Alliance” in which they had agreed that Article 370 would not be touched.
Article 370 of the Indian constitution grants special autonomous status to Jammu Kashmir.
MLA Sopore said the BJP MPs speeches in the Parliament calling for abrogation of Article 370 should serve as an eye-opener for PDP President and MP from south Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti.
“Can Mehbooba and Mufti Muhammad Sayeed-led government explain what the ‘Agenda of Alliance’ is then if their alliance partners want to abrogate Article 370,” Rashid said. “PDP-BJP coalition government is cancerous for Jammu Kashmir and the government has been taking diktats from the RSS and became their slaves.”
He said the PDP MPs should have shed light on the importance of Article 370 in the Parliament and not allowed the BJP parliamentary party to even initiate a debate on Article 370.
“This proves that the Mufti Muhammad Sayeed’s assertion that Article 370 is a bridge connecting Jammu Kashmir with India and talking of reclaiming power projects back from Government of India are all a hoax as were his claims of ‘battle of ideas’ that provide for a level playing field for everyone,” the Congress leader said.
