NC, PDP can't ensure Art 370 restoration, fooling J-K voters: BJP leader Srinivasan
Vanathi Srinivasan on Sunday said it «impossible» for the opposition parties NC and PDP to ensure Article 370 restoration but they are fooling people by guaranteeing it in their manifesto for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections. Addressing reporters after a meeting of Jammu and Kashmir Mahila Morcha at the BJP headquarters here in the run-up to the assembly polls, Srinivasan said the younger generation in the union territory want a peaceful life and development, which can only be ensured by her party.
In its manifesto, the National Conference (NC) mentioned 12 guarantees, including the restoration of Article 370 and Jammu and Kashmir's statehood, while People's Democratic Party (PDP) promised to pursue the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir to its «original status», and advocate for confidence-building measures (CBMs) and regional cooperation between India and Pakistan.
In August 2019, the BJP-led government abrogated Article 370, which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, and bifurcated the erstwhile state into two Union Territories — Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
«It is impossible for them (NC and PDP to restore Article 370). They are trying to fool the people. It (the abrogation) was done by the parliament. It is a constitutional amendment and more than that in the name of Article 370, discrimination has been happening here,» the BJP women's wing president said.
She said the people of Jammu and Kashmir have suffered a lot due to some separatist political parties but now the younger generation wants to
