IndiaChidambaram’s statement dangerous for country: BJP

Chidambaram’s statement dangerous for country: BJP

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Tawi, July 21: State BJP Spokesperson, Prof. Virender Gupta strongly criticized the statement of senior Congress leader and former Home Minister, P. Chidambaram given in an interview with Karan Thapar on India Today on Wednesday, advocating restoring the “Grand Bargain” under which Kashmir acceded to India by granting a large degree of autonomy, warning that otherwise the Country will have to pay “heavy Price”.

Lambasting former Union Minister P Chidambaram for his “grand bargain” comment to resolve Kashmir issue, the Jammu and Kashmir unit of BJP today said that such a formula was dangerous for the integrity of the country and reiterated abrogation of Article 370 was the only step to bring the Kashmiri people into the mainstream.

“The statement of former Union Home minister where he advocated for restoring grand bargain under which Kashmir acceded to India by granting a large degree of autonomy, shows that he lacks knowledge of the state as such a formula is dangerous for the integrity of the country with will have serious repercussions,” BJP state spokesman Prof. Virender Gupta said in a statement here today.

“The ultimate solutions lie in the abrogation of article 370, taking steps to bring the people of Kashmir Valley in the national mainstream,” he said.

Gupta said that it seems that former Home minister has little knowledge about Jammu and Kashmir and the circumstance under which Jammu and Kashmir acceded to Indian Union.

“It was Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir who signed the Instrument of Accession, of course, that was endorsed by Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah who was a popular leader only of Kashmir Valley but had no following in Jammu and regions.

“No condition was attached at the time of accession by Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah,” Gupta said.

Virender said that Kashmir valley only is not , Kashmir constitutes merely about 15 percent area of Jammu and Kashmir State, that is presently with India whereas it has population less than 50 percent of the State Population. He further said that, People of Jammu and Ladakh regions are against granting any autonomy to the State, instead they plead for removal of article 370 and consider it as hindrance in the progress and development of the state and bringing the people of Kashmir into national mainstream and added that the article contributed in the alienation of the people of Jammu Kashmir State.  He said that even in the Valley there is a good population of Gujjar Bakkarwals, Shia Muslims who constitute 45% of Kashmir population and a good proportion among Sunni Muslims who support the Indian cause and do not support either Azadi or Jammu and Kashmir as part of Pakistan.

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