Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 2: Senior vice-president, J&K Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC), former Minister and Member, AICC, Abdul Gani Vakil, today said that Congress is committed to uphold and strengthening the special status of J&K and the party will oppose every small or big move to dilute Article 370.
Addressing party workers meetings in Panzalla, Shutluwa, Nowgam and several other villages of Rafiabad in Baramulla Parliamentary constituency, Vakil said that some forces who are thinking of weakening or eroding this article are inimical to peace and tranquility in the State.
“After accession Article 370 has proved a vital bridge between India and J&K. BJP’s policy of grabbing land in the State to facilitate settlement of communal forces here cannot be permitted and not an inch of land of the State will be given or provided to such forces. Congress in the interest of the nation will vehemently fight abrogation move in and outside the Parliament”, he added.
“BJP has always been fond of propagating communal agenda for short term political gains and has never preferred nation”, he said, added that to give due respect to Mahatma’s dream of secular India everyone must get united to defeat unholy designs of BJP.
Vakil strongly criticized Narendra Modi’s approach and policy to abrogate Article 370 and said one who publically is adamant and determined to abrogate Article 370 how PDP is expecting settlement of Kashmir issue through him God forbid! if he becomes PM of India.
He claimed that that due to active support of Congress led Central Government and liberal monetary assistance, State has witnessed overall development besides peace and prosperity prevailed upon everywhere.
Besides others, senior Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Shah, Haji Mohammad Afzal Khan, Bashir Ahmad Sheikh and Pandit Brij Nath Nehru, also addressed the gathering.
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