Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Nov 18: Former Union Minister and veteran Congress leader Prof Saifuddin Soz has strongly reacted to the “Gupkar Gang” remarks of Union Home Minister, Amit Shah and alleged that he has defamed the Indian democracy.
“It is really unfortunate that the Home Minister, Amit Shah had to stoop so low and call the Kashmir mainstream a ‘Gang’. The present ruling class at the Centre has already caused great damage to the system of governance in India by imagining that the BJP is the only safeguard for India’s democratic system. But the reality is, however, quite opposite to this,” Prof Soz said in a Press statement here.
“The fact is that the present day governance at the Centre has brought bad name to India and its democracy and it is now a great jolt to the entire system that togetherness of `Kashmir mainstream’ is seen as a threat to India’s democratic system. One wonders why the democratic activity by Kashmir mainstream parties – NC, INC, PDP, PC, ANC and others is seen as a disruption by the Home Minister and others,” Soz remarked.
“The ruling elite at the Centre seems to have gone berserk in proclaiming the BJP as the only workable political combination. This is disastrous for India’s democratic system,” Soz cautioned.
“As for J&K State, the Constitutional relationship with the Union has already received a severe setback in recent years and the damage seems to be irreparable. The tragic fact of this relationship is that any democratic forward movement in Kashmir is dubbed by the top brass of the BJP as anti-national,” Soz maintained.
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