Islamabad/Aug,5 : Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Monday said that India’s decision to revoke Article 35A, which gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir, has resurrected Kashmir problem.
Shah Mehmood Qureshi said, “The move to abolish Article 35A has left India’s so-called democratic face open to the world. The Kashmir leadership does not agree with India’s decision. India has resurrected the Kashmir problem with its decison.”Earlier on Monday, the government moved a resolution in the Rajya Sabha to repeal Article 370 of the Constitution which accords special status to Jammu and Kashmir.
Union minister Amit Shah also moved a bill proposing bifurcation of the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories — Jammu and Kashmir division and Ladakh.
Hitting out at the Centre, Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad said, By revoking Article 370 that accords special status to Jammu and Kashmir, the BJP government has murdered the Constitution of India.
“Opposition leaders are saying that Article 370 brought Jammu and Kashmir to India. But the fact is that the Maharaja Hari Singh signed on October 27, 1947 (the Instrument of Accession) while Article 370 came into existence in 1949. So this is wrong to say that Article 370 brought Jammu and Kashmir with India,” Amit Shah responsded to Ghulam Nabi Azad.
