Maharashtra: Narendra Modi targets Congress-NCP, dares oppn to bring back Article 370 in J&K
Jalgaon: Keeping the Maharashtra Assembly polls in mind, Indian PM Narendra Modi on Sunday targeted the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)-Congress alliance in the state and even dared the opposition to restore Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir.
He attacked the NCP and the Congress on their stand on Article 370.
"Can these leaders, who are now trying to fool the people with their crocodile tears, bring back Article 370 in Kashmir? Will the people of India allow them to do so?," questioned the PM as he addressed a rally in Maharashtra.
"I challenge the opposition leaders to declare in their manifesto that they will bring back Article 370," he said.
Maharashtra is with NDA. Watch from Jalgaon. https://t.co/FpKjsXQAhz
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 13, 2019
Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government made major announcements on Aug 5 by abrogating Articles 370 and 35A that had granted special power to the former state.
The government bifurcated Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories, Jammu and Kashmir with an assembly and Ladakh without an assembly.
Article 35A of the Indian Constitution allowed the Jammu and Kashmir state's legislature to define “permanent residents” of the state and also provided special rights and privileges to those permanent residents.
Article 370 allowed Jammu and Kashmir to have its own constitution, flag and right to handle its own laws except on matters that impact national security.
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