Ravi Shankar Prasad mentioned Congress is sustaining silence on its stand about Article 370. (File)
New Delhi:
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief and Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad at present requested the Congress management to make its stand clear on the purported remarks of Digvijay Singh that his social gathering can have a “relook” at Article 370 revocation if it returns to energy, saying “time of silence is over”.
A row erupted on Saturday over Congress chief Digvijay Singh’s feedback in an audio chat on social media that his social gathering can have a “relook” at Article 370 revocation and Jammu and Kashmir’s misplaced statehood if it returns to energy, with the BJP accusing him of spewing venom towards India in “collaboration” with Pakistan.
“It is now more than a day when the central leadership of the Congress is maintaining a conspicuous silence on its stand about Article 370. Does the Congress want restoration of Article 370 as Digvijay Singh has indicated? Time of silence is over. Please explain your clear stand,” Mr Prasad wrote on Twitter.
While abrogating Article 370, good governance was promised each in J&Okay and Ladakh. The pace with which vaccination towards COVID19 is occurring even within the remotest elements of J&Okay and Ladakh is an indication of pro-people good governance.
— Ravi Shankar Prasad (@rsprasad) June 13, 2021
Mr Singh had mentioned: “The decision of revoking Article 370 and reducing the statehood of J&K is extremely, I would say, sad decision, and the Congress party would certainly have a relook on the issue.”
Mr Singh was responding to a query concerning the “way forward” on the problem “once the (PM) Modi government is gone.”
While abrogating Article 370, good governance was promised each in J&Okay and Ladakh.
The pace with which vaccination towards COVID-19 is occurring even within the remotest elements of J&Okay and Ladakh is an indication of pro-people good governance within the area, Mr Prasad mentioned in one other tweet.
Special standing to Jammu and Kashmir below Article 370 of the Constitution was scrapped in 2019. Article 370 gave Jammu and Kashmir its personal structure and decision-making rights for all issues barring defence, communications and international affairs. Its elimination ended particular standing for Kashmir, which was key to its accession to India in 1947.
