Bihar Elections 2020: Will Congress mention Article 370 asks BJP
New
Delhi,
Oct
18:
A
day
after
the
Congress
pitched
for
restoration
of
Article
370
in
Jammu
and
Kashmir,
the
BJP
Saturday
dared
it
to
say
so
in
its
manifesto
for
the
Bihar
assembly
polls
and
accused
it
of
speaking
the
language
of
"separatists".
Senior
BJP
leader
and
Union
minister
Prakash
Javadekar
accused
the
Congress
of
practising
the
politics
of
"dividing
society" for
collecting
votes
ahead
of
the
Bihar
polls,
which
begin
from
October
28,
and
asserted
that
people
have
supported
the
government''s
move
on
Jammu
and
Kashmir.
"People have seen how much progress has happened in Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. Still, the Congress is singing the tune of whatever few separatists are there. The Congress has become a narrow party and that is why it is taking stand against the sentiments of people in the country," he told reporters.
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Whatever be the issue, the Congress praises Pakistan and China, he alleged while taking a swipe at Rahul Gandhi.
The
entire
country
has
hailed
the
government''s
move
to
revoke
Article
370,
he
said.
Congress
leader
P
Chidambaram
had
said
on
Friday
that
his
party
resolutely
stands
for
restoration
of
the
status
and
rights
of
the
people
of
Jammu
and
Kashmir,
and
that
the
"arbitrary
and
unconstitutional"
decisions
of
the
Modi
government
of
August
5,
2019
must
be
rescinded.
The government had last year nullified Article 370, which had given special rights to the region, and divided the state into two union territories.
BJP president J P Nadda had attacked the Congress for its stand and tweeted Friday night, "Since Congress has no good governance agenda to talk about, they are back to their ''Divide India'' dirty tricks before Bihar elections. Shri Rahul Gandhi praises Pakistan and Shri Chidambaram says Congress wants Article 370 to return! Shameful!"