NEW DELHI: Setting the tone for the upcoming
Delhi assembly elections, BJP national working president
Jagat Prakash Nadda on Wednesday launched the Jan Jagran Abhiyan at Talkatora Stadium to explain the significance of the abolition of Article 370.
With the campaign, BJP aims to reach out to people to tell them that the move was possible only because of the strong will power of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“In our lifetime, we have been able to see ek vidhan, ek nishan and ek pradhan in our country. All the actions of the Modi government are aimed at protecting the unity, integrity and sovereignty of the country. It is our responsibility to tell people through this campaign about the meaning of Article 370 and 35A, when they were included, and how were they abolished,” Nadda told a gathering of BJP workers.
He told the gathering that the former chief ministers of J&K Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, along with Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, have been misleading people. “In Article 370, it has been stated that this is a temporary and transitional provision,” he added.
Explaining the history, Nadda claimed: “All the members of the Constitution Committee were against the inclusion of Article 370. Sheikh Abdullah batted for it, but the framer of the Constitution and first law minister Dr BR Ambedkar was against it and refused to prepare a draft. Abdullah then went to Jawaharlal Nehru and, on his direction, N Gopal Swani Ayenger prepared the draft of Article 370, which defines the inclusion of J&K into India.”
Several BJP workers who attended the event were told that Nehru was to blame for the state of affairs in J&K, and they vowed to take forward the message to the residents before the elections.
Nadda further stated that the Centre used to allot a large amount of funds for the development of J&K, but only three families benefited from it. “Kashmir was not part of the mainstream and only some families prospered. Article 370 was anti-Dalit, anti-women, anti-national and was necessary to be abolished,” he added.
Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari, while claiming that the entire country was proud of the NDA government’s step, said, “BJP will intensify the campaign and reach out to all the sections of society in the capital.”