Happy that people discussing Article 370 after my call: Narendra Modi

Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 12:19 [IST]

Gandhinagar, Dec 2: The controversy that erupted over Article 370 after BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi called for a debate on the same at a rally in Jammu on Sunday refused to die down on Monday.

After Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah hit back at Modi on Twitter on Sunday and the Congress and the People's Democratic Party taking on the BJP leader on the issue, the latter tweeted on the subject on Monday, saying it was good to see that people were discussing the matter after he mentioned it at the rally.

He also said in one of his tweets the country needed a rational and focused debate not only on Article 370 but other issues related to teh state, including suffering of various sections of the Kashmir society. He also stressed the suffering of the Kashmiri Pundits.

In another tweet, Modi said it was senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley who had brought out the discriminatory attitude in Jammu and Kashmir.