NEW DELHI: The Congress on Saturday requested its leaders to comply with the occasion’s stance on the difficulty of abrogation of Article 370 as articulated within the August 6, 2019 decision of the CWC, after its chief Digvijay Singh’s remarks sparked a row.
“The choice of revoking Article 370 and decreasing the statehood of J&Ok is extraordinarily, I’d say, unhappy determination, and the Congress occasion would definitely have a relook on the difficulty,” Singh purportedly mentioned, in line with excerpts of his clubhouse dialog obtainable on social media.
He was responding to a query concerning the “method ahead” on the difficulty “as soon as the Modi authorities is gone”.
The BJP launched a scathing assault on Singh and high occasion leaders, accusing them of talking “the language of Pakistan” and spewing venom towards India.
“The Congress Occasion has clearly said its place on Jammu and Kashmir, in its decision of August 6, 2019 of the Congress Working Committee. That is the one official stance of the occasion.”
“I urge and request all senior leaders to consult with the identical,” Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera mentioned, when requested about Singh’s remarks.
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The CWC decision of August 6, 2019 had mentioned that it “deplores the unilateral, brazen and completely undemocratic method by which Article 370 of the Structure was abrogated and the State of Jammu and Kashmir was dismembered by misinterpreting the provisions of the Structure.”
“Each precept of Constitutional legislation, states’ rights, Parliamentary process and democratic governance was violated,” the opposition occasion alleged “The Indian Nationwide Congress pledges to face with the individuals of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh and to struggle the BJP and its divisive and diabolical agenda with each energy in its palms. We urge the individuals of J&Ok to take care of peace and calm,” it mentioned.
The CWC “strongly reaffirmed the constant and said place” of the Indian Nationwide Congress that J&Ok, together with the areas beneath the unlawful occupation of Pakistan and the half ceded by it to China, are an integral a part of the Republic of India.
The combination of J&Ok with India is remaining and irrevocable, it mentioned, “The CWC firmly asserted that every one points pertaining to J&Ok are inside issues of India and no exterior interference can be tolerated,” the decision had additional mentioned.
Singh’s remarks to an individual, who the BJP mentioned was a journalist of Pakistani origin, have been seized by saffron occasion leaders on Saturday to unleash a torrent of criticism towards the opposition occasion and demand statements from Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi on the difficulty.
