RSS, the ideological fountain head of BJP and other Sangh outfits, on Monday said the coming Assembly elections in Jammu & Kashmir was an opportunity to revive ‘Kashmiriyat’ in the State but refrained from commenting on abrogation of Article 370.
launching a book Plight of Jammu and Kashmir- The Unknown Files by Justice (retd) GD Sharma, RSS leader Indresh said, “there is an opportunity in 2014 to get back lost Kashmir and ‘Kashmiriyat’ (peaceful coexistence and tradition) into the mainstream.”
The RSS leader, who along with BJP leader Subramanian Swamy released the book, said the time had come for the people of Jammu & Kashmir, who have faced terrorism, discrimination and separatism, to get “industrialisation, education and India-nisation”.
Refraining from making any direct comment on abrogation of Article 370 which gives special status to the State, Indresh said, “I have told you that BJP is going to release its manifesto and that manifesto will declare its policy (on Article 370). Wait for that.”
When persisted, Indresh, who seemed to be agitated by quries from reporters, shot back saying “why you want to become a rebelIJ”
Swamy claimed Article 370 was a temporary clause and could be done away with by a Union Cabinet resolution. However, experts feel the resolution could be done away with only by a constituent assembly as it had existed in 1947.