Fayaz Bukhari
SRINAGAR, Nov 16: People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president and former Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti, today said that the issue of Article 370 is linked to the sentiments of the people who have given a huge mandate to the Government and reposed their trust in it.
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Speaking with reporters in Budgam, Mufti said that the Government has 50 members in the Assembly and that they should have discussed Article 370 openly, not in a discreet manner.
“The Government should have mentioned Article 370 without feeling ashamed of it. They should have condemned the August 5, 2019, decision first, but that was not done at all,” she said.
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The PDP chief urged the Government to clarify its stance on the resolution passed in the Assembly, stressing that it should have condemned the August 5 decision and made mention of Article 370.
Making reference to the Congress, which has stated that the resolution passed in the Assembly was for the restoration of Statehood and not Article 370, Mehbooba said that the Government needs to make things clear.
“The Government has been given a big mandate by the people of J&K; people have trusted them, and the issue of Article 370 is a matter of sentiments; their sentiments are attached to this,” she said.
She added that since the resolution is full of ambiguity and lacks clarity, the NC, Congress, and especially the Government, must be clear as to whether the resolution was for the restoration of Statehood or Article 370.
Mehbooba said that the manner in which they (the Government) mentioned Article 370 made it seem as though they were “ashamed and surrendering.”
Congress, she said, stating that the resolution was for Statehood and not Article 370, has raised several questions in the minds of the people. “The Government should make it clear,” she added.
Pertinently, JKPCC president Tariq Hameed Karra earlier stated that the resolution passed in the Assembly was for the restoration of Statehood.
His statement was followed by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, who said that Article 370 was a closed chapter.
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