Senior BJP leader Smriti Irani on Thursday hit out at the Opposition INDIA bloc over the ruckus in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly on restoration of Article 370, saying, “Article 370, which was abrogated in 2019, will not be restored.”
Addressing a press conference at party headquarters here, Smriti Irani said “I want to assure citizens of India and tell leaders of INDI Alliance that Article 370 will not be restored in Jammu & Kashmir and INDI alliance attempt to separate Jammu and Kashmir from India will not be successful”.
Smriti remarks came after the Jammu and Kashmir assembly continued to face disruption after Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) MLA and brother of Engineer Rashid, Khurshid Ahmad Sheikh, displayed a banner on Article 370 in the house.
On Wednesday, the Jammu and Kashmir assembly passed a resolution seeking the restoration of the region’s special status amid ruckus as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators tore copies of the document, stormed the well of the House, and raised slogans against the Assembly speaker.
“Yesterday, the INDI Alliance attempted to strangle the Indian Constitution in Jammu and Kashmir. The scenes from Jammu and Kashmir, where the Constitution of India was torn apart, show an audacious path.
The Congress-led India Alliance’s actions will not be tolerated by a vigilant India,” the BJP leader added.
She further added that the resolution shows the Congress and the Indi Alliance leaders’ tactical support for extremism and terrorism”.
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