In India, the main Opposition party Congress has warned of ‘grave implications’ for the country’s national security following the Modi government’s decision to end special status for Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the constitution.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a tweet on Tuesday said: “National integration is not furthered by unilaterally tearing apart Jammu and Kashmir, imprisoning elected representatives and violating our Constitution.”
He said Indian nation is made by its people, not plots of land.
National integration isn’t furthered by unilaterally tearing apart J&K, imprisoning elected representatives and violating our Constitution. This nation is made by its people, not plots of land.
This abuse of executive power has grave implications for our national security.
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) August 6, 2019
He also lamented that Kashmir’s mainstream political leaders have been jailed at secret locations and termed it “unconstitutional & undemocratic.”
Meanwhile, during a debate on Indian government’s abrupt decision on Jammu and Kashmir in Lok Shaba today, a Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury sought clarification on how the United Nations is monitoring Kashmir since 1948 if the region is an internal issue of India, Radio Pakistan reported.
He questioned that why India signed Shimla Agreement and Lahore Declaration, was that an internal matter or bilateral?
The Congress leader said the government had thrown rules and regulations out of the window by proposing to create two union territories out of Jammu and Kashmir.
