Art 370 cannot be repealed in one stroke’

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Art 370 cannot be repealed in one stroke’

Tuesday, 25 September 2018 | PNS | Lucknow

Bharatiya Janata Party may have come to power with a promise to abrogate Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, but Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh says that it cannot be done in one stroke and needs time before the ruling dispensation can take a decision.

Singh also refused to admit that India was now closer to US as compared to Russia.

Interacting with students in Lucknow on Monday, Singh said that the Centre or the BJP had no personal enmity with Congress chief Rahul Gandhi.

“Rahul is our political opponent and our statement against him should be looked in the political backdrop. We have no personal grudges against him,” Singh clarified,

The Union minister further clarified that India’s foreign policy promotes friendship with every country and there should not be any feeling that we were getting close to a country and drifting away from others.

Singh said this while replying to a question on whether India’s proximity to USA was increasing differences with old ally Russia.

When a girl student asked about the government’s commitment to repeal Article 370, the Union Home Minister made it clear that he could not comment on such a sensitive matter and people would have to wait.

“There are some issues which take time and it is one of them. Kashmir is an integral part of India and will remain so. No one can snatch it from us,” he added.

To another question on the use of religion in politics, Singh said that politics should not be done on the basis of religion and instead it should be used to strengthen the country and not just to form a government.

On deteriorating of image of politicians, Singh admitted the same and said that politicians were responsible for it.

“I have tried to remain honest before my voters and have never promised anything to them that I cannot fulfil,” the Union minister said.

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