Even before attending the oath ceremony of newly elected Prime Minister of India, National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah on Friday gave 'unsolicited' piece of advice to him over the issue of 'Article 370 and Article 35A'.
"No matter how powerful Prime Minister Narendra Modi has become after winning with the majority, but he cannot remove Article 35A and Article 370 from the State of Jammu & Kashmir'', said Dr Abdullah here in Jammu while interacting with reporters at the party headquarters. He arrived in Jammu to attend felicitation ceremony after winning all three Lok Sabha seats in Kashmir valley. Dr Abdullah was responding to a question that BJP has said that they will abrogate Article 370 and 35A from J&K if voted to power with majority. Exuding confidence after his party won all three Lok Sabha seats, Dr Abdullah told party workers to prepare in advance for the Assembly polls in the State.
He said, National Conference will surely form Government in the State and reiterated his party's commitment to grant 'Regional Autonomy' to all three regions of the state to end discrimination. Labelling himself as 'soldier' of the country, Dr Abdullah said, "we are not 'enemies' but 'soldiers' of the country. All those people who tried to label us anti-Nationals and terrorist sympathisers must listen. 'We are more Indians and we are here to strengthen the Nation and protect Article 370 and Article 35A'.
Commenting on the EVM issue, Dr Abdullah said that the Election Commission and all the political parties must sit together and find a way out. “India is a huge nation.
I say that there is something but the EVM problem must be sorted out and whatever is possible should be done.”
On Congress debacle, Dr Abdullah said, “winning and losing are part of life. Rahul Gandhi after five years will make a comeback and don’t think that people of Amethi will forget him.”