
War Cry in Valley of Kashmir
The war cry reverberating in the valley of Jammu & Kashmir over the BJP promise to scrap Article 370 and Article 35A of the Indian Constitution is more a ‘poll campaign propaganda’ than a serious threat to liberate the state from the Union of India. The reference to Article 370 and Article 35A is part of the Election Manifesto of the BJP for the Lok Sabha elections. One should not forget that the National Conference and the People’ Democratic Party are in the fray contesting Lok Sabha election in Jammu & Kashmir. Dr. Farooq Abdullah is in fray from Srinagar seat while Mehbooba Mufti is contesting from Anantnag Lok Sabha seat.
Interestingly, the PDP has not fielded any candidate in Jammu region and in Udhampur from where Dr. Karan Singh’s son is in the race as Congress candidate. T...