‘Fraud with J&K people’: BJP slams NC over special status resolution

Srinagar: The opposition BJP in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday said it was “unfortunate” that the ruling National Conference has “compromised the integrity” of the assembly, and made a “joke” of democracy by bringing a resolution that questions a decision of the country’s Parliament.
“This is a fraud, a drama, that has been attempted with the people of J-K,” BJP MLA from Ramnagar, R S Pathania, told reporters here after the assembly was adjourned for the day following an uproar over the special status resolution.
“Article 370 is a history now. The Supreme Court has said that there is nothing like special status. It is as simple as that. This assembly which is a statute under the Reorganisation Act cannot question Parliament and the Supreme Court. There is no question of that,” he said.
Pathania said the resolution, which was passed through voice vote by the assembly on Wednesday, was “a piece of paper, a piece of scrap”, and “even if a peon or a clerk receives it, he will throw it into the dustbin”.
“They (NC) have compromised the integrity of the House. They have made a joke of parliamentary democracy. This is unfortunate, and this needs to be taken note of by the people of J-K. They have been exposed. This (resolution) is a huge joke with the people of J-K,” he added.
Referring to the deputy chief minister Surinder Choudhary and minister Satish Sharma -- both of whom are from Jammu, Pathania said, “there are some Jaichands from Jammu, but they have been exposed now”.
“People have understood what they did. They have kneeled before pro-Pakistan and pro-separatist narrative. This narrative is a fraud and there is no legal or constitutional basis of that narrative. This narrative has resulted in the killings of security forces personnel and civilians,” the MLA said. PTI